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Maestro 28.8k $499 
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Syquest 270Mb with Cart $S29 

44Mt) Syquest Cartridge $1 49 

88Mb Syquest Cartridge $1 49 

1 05Mb Syquest Cartridge $1 25 

270Mb Syquest Cartridge $129 

250Mb Tape Cartridge $59 



SCALA MPEG CARD mhioo 

Voiir SCMB presetiiailoas can now Includo fufi 
Oigital MPEG Video. CD! aittf l/tD£0-CD also siipportsif 

Now you can Indude Digital Video in your SCALA presentations. The MD100 

MPEG-1 card allows playback of 24bit, EE fps video with 16ljit stereo sound. 

Vidso quality up to S-VHS is supported. You tap playback uideo from any 

, Amiga partition or from an 
MPEG CD-ROM drive. Now 
you can play-tiack all the 
MPEQ Movie titles and 
rsference titles on you 
A2000. A3000 and A4000. If 
you put the MD100 card in 

an A3OO0 or A4000, You can genlock on top of the MPEG video playback, TJis 

H/ID 1 00 also features RGB, Composite aid y;c outs. 

With the MD100 comes the 
MPEG Encode^ This allo^vs 
you to convert anims or 
Stabbed iffs into mpeG 
video strearns for real-time 
playbac1< In 24blt colour. 

HIGH DENSITY FLOPPIES 



NEW - NEW - NEW - NEW - NEW 
High Density Floppy Drives for all 
Amigas, All you need is WB 2.0. 
1,76M Amiga disks, or 1.44M PC disks. 



Internal for A4000 (Slimline version) $249 
External for All Amigas $2W 

A3000 IIP RAM 

We have limeted stocks of A30aa Static column Ram - $Cril 



I 1^ tJTU# Jl l#E 9 n El II I Tte Piafessianal Slanaard 

LBMM mm I WWMWC »SU ~ rML in 3D Rendered Craphles 

-i r-r'arealistic animation system. 
: ■ ~ . shows like SeaQuest DSV. 

" T ~-e Next Generation, Create 

T ^ ^s-.-e, extrude or Boolean drill. 

r : ; r'T cbjects. Add lighting effects 
;: :;:-.= : a offers this much power 

i_:- i- :_: ve interface. Lightwave 
22 ESSESrriALS" video tape to 
:- : :£ :• professional 3D artists. 
a; ssascis of Lightwave 3D. 

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rA^^jl^ and camera rrc,.-£ i'.-^ ;_ 
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comes witfi a free "UGHTWAV^ 
hefp you get animating fast. Lightwave 30 s the 
Tfiere are other videos available that cover 




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UghtWave LAYOUT Screen Lightwave MODELER Screen 

HEW YEAR SOFTWARE SPECIALS 





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CINEMOnPH 



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woRDvfljRnt va.1 

$149 




PEGGER 

$125 



DISK 
EXPANDER 

$«9 

POWER 
COPY 

$39 

PEGGER, The ultimate 
automated JPEG image 
compression softwafe. 

Snoop alJDws PEGGED to 
compress tlifi output of your 

3D fertdcfing or graphics 
program into a JPEG file 
aLitomstically^ PEGGEfl Is 
thQ fastest JPEG program 
for the Amiga. PEGGE(=I is 
designed to inulti-taBk in the 
hackgroiind usJng mrnimal 
system resources. 





MAG IC Li ^~ = f= '. .2 allow 
users to create, edrt and display 
delta-compressed animations ^ 
up to a4bit colour. Most 24bft 
cards ere supported, EGS, GVP 
SPECTRUM, RETIMA ^ & Z3, 
OPAL V3SI0N and PICASSO II, 
Synchronizes sounds vMt 
animation playback. ^V %j^ 








DRIUES - MEW YBMR SPECIML 



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Single Session • No Coddy! 
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External - OouUe Spin Inlaimd - Doulile Spin 

Mulii Session - No Caddy! Muhi Session - Ko Codd^ 

FREE Driver Sofiware HIEE Driver Software 




NEW NEC QUAD SPIN CD-ROM DRIVES 600k/sec - PRICE CRASH ■ SCALL 

NEW MMiaM CD-ROM TiTLES ZMPPO CD-ROM FOR M f 200 

Amiga Grofik Q> I&2 Thousands of !FF image files 

UGHT ROM eOO Meg of UghWave Objects, Scene Files, Textures 

Amiltet Vol 4 l-atest from Ihe Ami net ardnive 

AMIGA DIV Amiga Desk Top Video CD. Textures, 200 Co i our Fonts 

Hottest 4 PlO Coliection of music, games, Kflaga demos etc. 

ULIIMEMA 1 & 2 Images. Textures, Sounds, Anims. 

Imagine CD Objects, attributes, textures, tips for Imagine 

Rovtmcmg I &2 Objects, fonts. Imagine, Lightwave, Real 3D etc. 

Syndesis 39 ROM Vol 2 3D Objects for UghtWave, Imagine etc. 




Affonloble CD-ROM Drive 
for your AI 200 

PCMCIA Interface, AKIKO chip 
emulation. Photo CD cohnpatable. 
Comes with Photo CD and audio 
disk players. With FREE Aminet CD. 



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Connector for SCSI II module 
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Accelerator that offers on-board 
SCSI-2, 1 2B Meg RAM capacity and 
AOUHt 68040 performance. The 
Warp uses standard 72 pin SIMM's 
in any combimation. Also for 
A3000(T) 11^^ 



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SOMhz 68039 

SOMhz 68882 

Up to 64 Meg of RAM 

Connector for SCSI-2 module 

ReaUTime Clodt 





40 MHi 68030 
Up to 64 Meg of RAM 
Space for 68882 FPU 
Optional SCSI-1 Kit 



Real Time Clock 

2 SIMM Sockets «lV^ 



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The G-Force offers 40MH2 68040 
perforinace at an unbeatable price. 
Space for 32 Meg fast 60 ns FIAM 
on-board wittr an optional 128 Meg 
RAM card. Also suits A3000(T) 
SCSI-2 module here soon. 

Ex- Demo Commodore 25UHz 
68040 board for your A4000/030. 
19 MIPsI at a special pfjce. 




50 MHz 68030 Real Time Clock 

Up to 64 Meg of RAM 2 S]MM Sockets 
Spoce for 68882 FPU _. 

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OADCAST DIGITAL VIDEO PLAYBACK AND RECORDING DIGITAL 

With the new PAR it is now possible to playback full PAL 
resolution video at 25 frames per second. With the addition of 
the capture card you can also record 25 Ips of video to the 
dedicated PAR hard drive, These revolutionary AMIGA cards 
allow the 3D animator and videographer the power to render 
frames directly to the PAR hard drive for instant playback. 
You no longer have lo pui your animation at the mercy of 
time-consuming stop-frame recorders. Since your animations 
are recorded in a component digital format, you can produce 




PAR PLAYBACK CARD 



an infinite number of first-generation tape copies, Plus, the 

PAR features outputs for true component video (Betacam*, 

Mil®), composite and Y/C (Hi8*/S-VHS).The capture 

card features the same component, composite and Y/C 

type inputs. You eao perform simple edits on your 

animations or captured video. By transferring frames 

from the PAR hard drive to an AMIGA partition, you can 

process frames with any Amiga image processing 

software, i.e. AdPro, OpalPaim, ImageFX, ImagcMastcr 

_ or Adorage. Convert streams of 

video to other motion formats 

lite MPEG. AVI or CDXL. 

Perform effects on the video and 

transfer the files back to the PAR 

for real-time playback. If you 

have a SunRize ADS 16 digital 

audio card you can lock the 

recording and playback of audio 

to SMFTE timecode. Now, your 

imagmation is the limit to what 

vour.4.V/GA can do. 




CAPTURE VIDEO, THEN CREATE AND PLAYBACK 
DVE TYPE FLY-INS. 



PLABACK SPECIAL 
EFFECTS. 



PLAYBACK =--' 
25 FRAMES 



•- '.3 3D ANIMATION IN 24B1T, 
En SECOND, REAL-TIME. 




8 Trab£;d|giffiinon-Iinear-ai^io editing 







*oint and click, cut and paste, drag 
and drop. That's how easy it is to 
make your audio as good as what 
you hear in a movie theatre - when 
you work with Studio 16. Studio 16 
gives you state-of-the-art digital 
non-linear editing, eight-track 
hard-disk recording, comprehensive 
SMPTE support, 16 bit CD-Quality 
sound and at an affordable price. If 
you know how to u.se a mouse, you 
know how to use Studio 16. All 

CALA EX 



your sound samples, meters, controls 
and functions are right on the screen 
under the direct control of your mouse. 
Editing eight tracks becomes a simple 
matter of cutting and pasting sounds 
together.,, dragging special effects to 
where you want them, then dropping 
them in... pointing to a button and 
clicking to introduce echoes, fades and 
cross-fades. Studiol6's digital 
hard -disk editing lets you do things 
that are impossible with tape. Use your 
mouse to slice up and rearrange sound 
in seconds, mix 
tracks with no 
generation loss. 




EASY TIME UNE EDITINQ 

or zoom in on specific sounds for 
fine editing control. Lock the PAR 
and Studio 16 with SMPTE for full 
digital video and audio 

syncrooisaiioB. All this at CD 
sampling rates of 44.1 KHz. True 
broadcast audio excellence for your 
AMIGA 2000. 3000 or 4000. 



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FILE FORM.^T EX P.ACK: These EX's allow exchanging picture and 

animation files with platforms like IBM PC® & Machintosh®. Imported 

files can be converted from and to IFF modes. Formats supported are: 

BMP, PCX, GIF, TIFF, YUVN, FLI, FLC & Datatypes. 

\ CR EX PACK: These EX's allow control of RS-232 capable VCR's. 

MDIOO: This card and EX pack allows playback of MPEG video from 

yovir AMIGA hard-drive or MPEG capable CD-ROM drive. IFF files can 

be encoded into MPEG via Anim-Lab. VideoCD and CDI supported. 

Other EX's includt; 

SunRize Studioie ' PAR * S CALA Echo * Communicator II 




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CONTENTS 



Features 

12 Lightwave Goodies 

Extra software finally In Australia 
I • • • • 



17 CEI Conference 

Hot from the Internet 

CEI boss Alex Amor speaks 

25 Removable storage 
shootout 

We compare the new Bernoulli 
and Fujitsu 230Mb drives 







Cmer created by Jarrod Pudsey 

Image: 1500x3000 
Program: L ightwave 
Machine: A4000!040/40MHz 



Articles 

23 Magic Lantern? 

Yet another animation format... 

29 Surf the Net 

Internet access with your Amiga 



Annual 

54 Amiga Dealer List 

Who's got Amiga gear? 

57 Amiga Service 
Centres 

And wiiere can you get it fixed? 

58 Amiga BBS Listing 

Wtiat to call for Amiga support 

62 Fish Listing 

Tlie latest 200 dislcs 



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11 
41 
37 
35 
34 
38 
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81 
87 
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January, '94 
Vol! 2, No 1 

Regulars 



Editorial 



Notepad 
Media Watch 
Help Line 



Letters 



Online 
C64 



Reader Classifieds 



DPaint 



Entertainment 



Market Place 



Art Gallery 
Ad Index 



: * ,. 1 



;uper Stardust 



.A.\nGA Review 



Opal starts 
to shine 



k 1 have seen the future. Roll your own 
wipes, amazing chroma effects, and an 
interface smooth enough to fool Light- 
wave users into thinking they're still 
using a Newtek product. Yes folks, Opal 
are finally starting to move Video 
Processor equipped boards out into 
Amigadom. 

I have used one. It is very impressive. 
But getting your grubby hands on one is 
still a bit of a trick. All thi.s despite the 
Nescafe Big Break Awards' glowing 
interview, which painted our mate Gary 
as the successful techno-wizard behind 
the miglity Opal empire. 

The reality is a little different, but 
there is light at the end of the tunnel - 
there should be a local upgrade point for 
Opal boards real soon now, which is 
very go()d news. 

Once Opal finally get the Switcher 
and various other bits together, they 
must look at selling a full digital video 
editing system. Products like this will be 
just the thing to keep Amiga alive and 
well once CEI or Commodore U.K. sort 
things out. We're not getting very clear 
messages on the exact status of the 
Commodore buyout at the moment. 
Contradictory stories arc cminating from 
opposite sides of the globe, and making 
sense of them is near impossible. 

For most it's still just a waiting game. 
However, others are simply getting on 
with what they have always done. 

Amiga shows are happening over- 
seas, and enjoying huge crowds who are 
spending up big. Software publishers are 
shipping new versions, like Personal 
Paint 6.1 - an impressive program to be 
sure. Then there's Deluxe Paint V, pre- 
viewed in this issue, and Wordworth 3.1, 
to be exarnined in detail next month. 



In this issue of Amiga Review we 
decided to amalgamate some of the best 
parts of our traditional Amiga Annual 
with the standard January magazine to 
produce a sort of part Annual, part 
Amiga Review. We had to scrap a few 
columns to make room for those 
wonderful lists of things. To aU those 
affected, I apologise. 1 promise aU the 
regular Amiga Review columnists will 
be back in force next month. 

Down the track - in the next two or 
three issues - we will also produce a 
complete software guide. This is some- 
thing of a mammoth task, and it almost 
made it into this issue, but for size 
reasons was simply a non-starter. It 
would have easily filled 30 pages. So 
stay tuned for that one. 

Until next month, no news is no news 
and right now there's stilJ no news on 
Commodore. So keep using your 
Amiga, keep letting people know how 
great Amiga technology is, despite the 
advances made by the competition, and 
remain quietly confident with us that 
things will work out very soon. 

□ 

- Andrew Farrell 





A.C.A.R. appologises for any 
inconvenience caused to 
UNITECH ELECTRONICS P/L 
by our misprint regarding tlie 
price of tlie Competition Pro 
CD32 Controller, page 86 
Nov/Dec. The correct price 
sliould have been $49 R.R.P. 



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January Specials 

: . . liback - got a big hard disk? Back it up! 
0S3.1 - suit *5O0/A2O0O $1 79 - suit A3O00, A40O0 
Final Writer reiesss 3 - upgrades available 
Final Base - database from Softwood 
Ampllfleii Speaiier? ■ 10 watis 

- 30 watts - earplugs optional 
AlfaData MegaMouse - bmt mouse avaiable 
A]faDataTr3Ck!iall 

Emptart - Mac emulalor - PC Rea) Soon I 
GVP40D8 SCSI Controller- 1 only 
Joyslichsi-Ves.quaiity Joysticks ti ow aval table 
Midi interlace -Ithm, 2 ir, 4 outs 
SX-1 add HD,l<eyl]rd,tloppy,nion etc to CD32 
Quicknel Cards - not $475, jiisL. 
Warp Engine, 4DMHz 68040 Ioe A3000 or A4aDa 

CD-ROMS 

17 Bit Collection 

17 Bit Conlinua^an 

3DR0IVIII-!0D3Dati|ects 

Amiga Graphic CD 1 

Amiga Graphic CD 2 

Ami net 3 

Anili9et4 

AMOSPD 

Art Connoiseur CD-ROM 

l^-Tf'^r ■ 3D aretiives from internet 

GD Demo Vol 1 

CD Demo Vol 2 

CDPD\A)I1 

CDPDVtil2 

CD PO Vol 3 

CDPD\tol4 

GD Exchange 1 ■ CD-32 title with iotsa PD 

Clip Art & Fonts CD 

Clip Art Warehouse 

ClipWIaster Pro - with boiA of samples 

Corel Profsssional Phaia-CD Sampler 

Desktop Publishers Dream 

Emerald Mines 

EuroSoene 

Rrartal Frenzy 

Frojen Fish 

GIfs Galore 2 

Gold Fish -Fish disks 1-1000 

lmsgineCDV2.D 

lnslght:Dinosaurs 

Lock and Load - heaps af games 

Meeting Reads 

Micro R&D -\A)iume1 

Micro R&D - Volume 2 

MulliMediaTa«lkit-CD32 

Ketworh CD 

Owiklorms 

Raytracing I • lots lor Imagine, ReaJSD, UolrlWave 

Raytreclng 2 ■ more as above 

SBConCDROM 

5;,''-ds Terrific - 2 CD's with IFF sounds, mods etc 

"-?,'sl Adventure - 395 world travel imagffi 

.'leo Creator 

.'£ sns - 5O0 royalty free GIFimages 

CD-ROM drives 

'iK :XR-25 ext single spin - SCSI 
W. :: =-210e ext. double spin - SCSI 

:: ::R-210i int double spin - SCSI 

;: :C=--500 Inttrlpls spin - SCSI 

:! ::--?•?] Ext triple spin - SCSI 

:- :.■ -iCO Ext. PCMCIA incsAv 



S4D 

S199 

SCALL 

SCALL 

$49,95 

S1« 

$39 

$G9 

S795 

$199 

SCALL 

S85 

S3S9 

$375 

SHOT 



159 

$155 

$40 

$46 

$40 

$40 

S5S 

$69 

$8S 

$69 



$69 

$69 

$69 

$45 

$69 

$59 

$99 

$39 

$60 

$59 

159 

$60 

$45 

$45 

$60 

$120 

$69 

$59 

$45 

1119 

$129 

S5D 

$45 

$Call 

m 

$60 

$59 

$60 

SCALL 

$80 

$CALL 



$299 

$699 
$499 
$899 
$99S 
$599 



Adaptors/Cables 

I Vlfe fiave available a range of adaptors and cables to suit 
1 monitors, hard disk drives etc, $CM.L 



SunRIze AD516 
eVPDSS3+ 



Audio Digitizers 



$225C 
$169 



:o!lt & sAftf - suit A2000/A40O0 SCALL 
..\\\ driver sa!Ii«are at NO extra iitiiige! 



Hard di^ drives 

Call for HOT pricing on 2,5"iDEforA1200,3,S"IDE 
for A4000, SCSI drives for all! 

Hard dsk cuntrollers 

Alfadata Ok^agcn 2008 SCSI with GIgamemI $299 

AlfaData Tandem - IDF CD-R0IU1 -f IDE HD cent S169 

DKB 4091 -SCSI II $679 

Floppy Drives 

Alfa Drive- extern al.sllmlineanclquiet $165 

High Density (1 ,76Mb) Internal $276 

High Density (1.76Mb) external $295 

Modems 

Maestro 14,4K«i'ithGPFax $399 

Masstro 28,8k wttti QPFax $499 

Monitors 

Microvitec- all AGA modes $799 

Philips- suit A200O etc- no AGA $499 

Scanners 

AlfaScan 800, 800dpi, 256 greys hand scanner $299 

AlfaScan800+OCR asabovewlthOCRsAw $349 

AlfaColour 400 dpi, 256k colour hand scanner $699 

Epson Flatbed 300 to 800dpi available $CALL 

I/O cards 

t/luHIFace III - 2 serial and 1 parallel $199 

GVP 10 Extender $279 

Video products 

GVP spectrum 2Mb $839 

GVPTBC-noSMPTE $1249 

GVPG-Lock $665 

Vidl12 $199 

Vidi 12 RT $399 

Vldi24RT $549 

Electronic Design Y/C Genlock $775 

Electronic Design Composite Genlock $575 

A1 200 upgrades 

DKB 1202 - no RAM - no copro 

$199 

DKB 1202 -20MHz 58882 -0Mb $249 

DKB 1202 -20MHz 68882 -4Mb $549 

GVP A1 230/03af40MHz/4(i/lb $989 

GVP A1 230/03affiOMHz/4Hflb $1349 

GVP all Others $CALL 

Add a second hard disk drive Cheap 
DKB Cobra 4DMH2 EC030, FPU & SCSI opis. OK $499 
DKBIVIangaose5aiV»1z6e03D& 6B8S2 &4Mb RAM $995 

Ram boards, chips & SIMMs 

AllaRamSOO up to BIlAbfoi ASDO. DMb Inc $149 

DKB MepChIp ■ 2Mb cliip RAflA $345 

1,2, 4. 16Mb 72 Pin SIMMs $CALL 

1 Mb X 4 ZIP - suit A3000, Oktagon, AHaRamSOO $CALL 

GVPRAtuI $CALL 
We provide a wide range RAM at comiietetlve pricing, 
but please call to coitrirm currBitt prfclng. Free inslalll 



Softtvare 

Amltack $40 

Amiback Tools $55 

Art Department Pro 2,5 $275 

Art Depart Pro Control $89 

Art Depart Pre Conversion $79 

Art Depart Epson Scanner $195 
B&P add-ors: Creativitv Kit, Perlomiance Tools ,Pwer 
1ools,ProS1iJ[SD,Musii:BoxA, B,MultiMe(5alQtEa 



Brilliance 2 

Broadcast Titler 2 SHR 

BTFontPack1or2,nol$199.|iBt„ 

BT Font Enhancer, not S199, Just,, 

BT International Fonts, not $99, jiSt.. 

CanDo V2.5 - IssS one at this price! 

Cinemorph 

Gross DOS 5 

CifCleMan 

Cygnus Ed Pro 

Deluxe Music V2 

Devpac3 

Directory Opus 

Disk Expander 

Distant Suits 5 

Eiectrk; Thesaurus 

Final Base - new from Softweod 

Final Copy II UK 

Final Writer • rsleasa 3 ■ UK spelling 

Gigamem 

Hoopy Paint 

Hoopy Write 

HP Explorer 

Imagine 3 

KOV 

Lightwave 3D 

Magic Lantern II 

Money Matters 

Montage 24 

tiAontageFnntPackl 

Morpb Plus 

Morphus 

Pagestream 3.0 

PC Task 3 

PeSDer 

Personal PaiiitVB.I 

Power Copy V3.03A 
PowerPacker 
Proper Grammar II 
ScalaMMSOO 
Scala Echo 
SoftFacesVl-4each 
Studio Printer 
True Print 24 
TypeSmithV2,5 
Vista Pro V3 



$99 

$359 

$149 

$149 

$59 

$14S 



$185 

$139 

$105 

$69 

$95 

$55 

SCALL I 

S1Z9 

$170 

$159 

$60 

$60 

$59 

$599 

$25 

$899 

$139 

$99 

$429 

$209 

$289 

$105 

$439 

$129 

$125 

SCALL 

$59 

$39 

$89 

$440 

$235 

$89 

$115 

$89 

$195 

$95 



CD32 $499 
Plenty of stock! 






Call for a f REE disk catalogue 



ExPAN5ION 


50LU'II0N5 


Sound Samplers: 




• GYP DSS 8+ 


$ 139.00 


• Clarity 16 


$ 259.00 


• Sunrise AD 516 


$2249.00 


24 BIT Display: 




• GVP EOS Spectrum 


$ 849.00 


Scanners: 




• G/I Hand Scanner 


$ 329.00 


• Epson GT-6500 


$1439.00 


• Epson GT-8000 


$1949.00 


Genlocks: 




• E/D Pal / Comp 


$ 575.00 


• E/D Pal / Comp / YC 


$ 775.00 


• E/D Neptun 


$1279.00 


Video Capture: 




•RomboVidil2 Special % 179.00 ] 


• Rombo Vidi 12RT 


$ 389.00 


• Rombo Vidi 24RT 


$ 549.00 


• Personal Anim Recorder fkm $3995.00 | 


(P.A.R. on display in store) 




Ram Chips: 




• 1 MB-72 Pin SIMM Special $ 50.00 1 


. 2 MB-72 Pin SIMM 


$ 199.00 


• 4 MB-72 Pin SIMM 


$ 285.00 


• 8 MB-72 Pin SIMM 


$ 529.00 


• A3000 4 MB Pagemode 


$ 295.00 


To suit GVP A500+, HC8: 




• 1 MB X 2 1 00ns (2MB total) $ 100.00 


• 1 MB X 3 70ns (2MB total) $ 150.00 


CD ROM Drives: 




• NEC CDR-25 


$ 299.00 


• Zappo CD ROM (Suit AI200) $ 599.00 | 


Miscellaneous: 




• Int HD Floppy (A4000) 


$ 249.00 


• Ext HD Floppy (aUAmigas)$ 275.00 | 


• DNA Fast MIDI 


$ 84.95 


• Multiface III 


$ 199.00 


•SX-1 (SuitCD^^) 


$ 399.00 


• Quicknet (Per Node) 


$ 469.00 


(Suit A2000 / A3000 / A4000) 



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Adorage AGA 


$195.(W 


InMgine 3 PAL 


Special $2W.m ^H 


Anim Workshop 


Spcciii! $ 49.(10 


Light Wave 3D 


$899.00 ^H 


Anim WoriLshop V2 


Special $119.00 


Magic Lanlem II 


$139.00 ^H 


Art Department Pro 2.5 


$249.00 


Money Matters 


$ 99.00 ^H 


Bars & Pipes Professional : 


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Motph Plus 


$tT5.00 ^H 


Brilliance V2 


$ 99.00 


OS 3.1 Kits 


$CAIJ. ^H 


Calagari 24 


$349.00 


PC-Task 3 


NewVersion^n^M ^H 


Can Do V2.5 


$169.00 


PageStream 3 


$399.00 ^H 


Clarissa V 1.1 


$195.00 


Panorama V3 


$ 89.95 ^^H 


Cygnus Ed Pro V3.5 


$109.00 


Pegger V2 JPeg Utility 


$125.00 ^H 


Deluxe Music V2 


$139.00 


Personal Paint 6.1 


$ 99.00 ^H 


Deluxe Paint 4.5 AGA 


Special $ 79.00 


Power Copy V3.03a 


Special $ 39.95 ^H 


Directory Opus V4. 12 


$ 99.00 


Real 3D V2 


$799.00 ^H 


Dir Work 2 & PC Task 2.03 Bundle $ 99.95 


5AS C V6 Dev System 


$349.00 ^H 


Disk Expander 


$ 66.95 


ScalaMN'MOO 


$449.00 ^H 


Distant Suns V5 


$ 84.95 


TV Paint (Multi Card) 


$339.00 ^H 


Final Copy 11 


$139.00 


Typesmith V2.5 


$199.00 ^B 


Final Writer II Release 3 


$179.00 


Vista Pro 3 


$ 89.95 ^H 


ImageFX V2.0 


New $CALL 


Wordworfii V2 


$ 59.00 ^B 


Imagemaster R/T 1 .0 


Special S149.0fl 


Wordworth V3.1 


$139.00 ^H 


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• DKB 4091 SCSI-II Expansion Cafd 

• GVP A4008 HardCard Up to 8MB 16blt RAM 

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• GVP 40MHz '04O 16 MB 32bit RAM 

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I Scala MM400, the latest 
version of the multimedia 
presentation package, will 
be available in early 1995 
from Peripheral World. The 
new version adds features 
like curved fly-on wipes, 
new EXs for CD32 CD au- 
dio and MPEG and the Nep- 
tun genlock, scalable fonts 
and better antialiasing, and 
upgrades will be $99 for all 
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I Peripheral World is now 
the Australian distributor for 
Brilliance 2.0, the paint 
package that lets you build 
24 bit images on an Amiga 
without a 24 bit graphics 
card. 

Upgrades from version 
1.0 are available for $79; 
send Peripheral World your 
1.0 serial number and a 
cheque or money order and 
they'll courier you the new 
version. 

Phone Peripheral World 

on (02) 725 3233 for details. 

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Workbench 3.1 
Upgrade 



> Yes, folks, you can finally 
go out and buy Workbench 
3.1 for Amiga 500, 2000, 
3000 and 4000 machines. If 
space had permitted there 
would have been a full re- 
view this month - but it 
didn't, so there isn't. 

If you've got a WB3.0 
machine, 3.1 doesn't give 
you much beyond a slight in- 
crease in graphics speed; if 
you've got a 1200 you don't 
even get that, since there are 
no 3.1 ROMs for 1200s. 

Users of ECS machines 
get about a 30% graphics 
speed increase, plus all the 
features of 3.0 that can work 
on a non-AGA machine - 
datatypes, Multiview, im- 



proved Workbench support 
for 24 bit graphics boards, 
plus the features that were 
new with Workbench 2.1 - 
CiossDOS and localisation. 

There's also built in CD- 
ROM support including the 
ability to boot from them; if 
you're still running 1.x, 3.1 
for $200 is definitely better 
value than 2.1 for $150, but 
current 2.X users have to 
weight up whether $200 for 
slightly faster graphics and 
sundry frills is worth it. 

Many AG A resolutions 
are now available to ECS 
users - DBLPAL, 

DBLNTSC, Super72 and so 
on - but with restricted 
colour choice. As with the 



older Productivity mode, you 
can only use them in four 
colours. This is because all 
the operating system tweak- 
ing in the world can't make 
the graphic chips more pow- 
erful; if you don't have an 
AG A machine or a graphics 
board, you can have lots of 
colours OR high resolution. 

Ail the new graphic 
mode stuff is of minimal use 
to A3000 users, or anyone 
else who's already got a 
flickerfixer. Using hires lace 
and overscan you can get as 
much display as you need; 
the higher refresh rates used 
by Super72 and the like do 
make the screen more stable, 
but give you fewer lines in 
exchange. 

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ACjiR for more 3.1 infor- 
mation - or call Software 
Buyers Service an (03) 808 
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PC-Task 3 



► Another article that we just 
didn't have room for this 
month is our review of PC- 
Task version 3, the latest 
(now comtnercial) incarna- 
tion of the Amiga's most 
powerful and popular soft- 
ware IBM PC emulator. The 
new version runs a bit faster 
(as long as you use the 
memory hog Turbo version, 
which eats five times the 
RAM...), and can emulate an 



80286 processor, which 
means you can run Windows 
3.1! Don't expect to do this 
very quickly, though - our 
speed tests put PC -Task on a 
40MHz 6SEC030 at 2.5 to 3 
times the speed of an XT, 
which for non-trivial Win- 
dows operations is intol- 
erably slow. 

Still, if you HAVE to run 
some Windows program to, 
for example, translate a file 



to an Amiga-comprehensible 
format, PC-Task does the job 
for far less than any other 
option - $129! Text only 
DOS applications are accept- 
ably fast, so PC-Tasks 's 
great for dealing with some 
avant-garde archive version 
that Amiga archivers don't 
understand, or compiling a 
version of your hot new util- 
ity for the PC, or... 

For more information, 
check out the big review 
next month, or contact 
Quasar Distribution on (03) 
583 8S06. Q 




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Accelerators 



I The new DKB Cobra and 
Mongoose accelerators are 
now available in Australia. 

The Cobra is a 40MHz 
68EC030 model with a sock- 
et for a 6S882 coprocessor 
running at up to 50MHz, and 
the Mongoose has a 50MHz 
68030 and 68882. 

Both have a .single 72 pin 



SIMM socket which can take 
from 1 to 128Mb of fast 
RAM, and a SCSI-H con- 
troller to plug into both is 
promised shortly. 

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low quality mono samples, 
but they don't cut it for pro- 
fessional use - the noisy 8 bit 
hardware and circus poster 
software lets the user down. 

The new Aura package 
plugs into the PCMCIA port 
on A600 and A1200 comput- 
ers, and is billed to allow 
conventional or direct to disk 
sound recording in up to (2 
bit stereo - acceptably close, 
the makers claim, to 16 bit 
quality. 

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fast RAM equipped A 1 200. 

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filtering with a 3-D -Fast 
Fourier Transform display, 
and real time sample play- 
back from MIDI input. 

The 12 bit signal to noise 
ratio is 72dB, and the out- 
puts mix in Amiga audio for 
easy connections. The hard- 
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the OctaMED music compo- 
sition package. 

For more information, 
contact Emerald Creative 
on (03) 585 2055, 

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Media Watch 
Spottings 

Robocop 

Calum Winning of Rockingham, 
WA was watching the new Robocop 
TY series (ah, highbrow entertain- 
ment) and spotted the lab guy 
watching a media break on a Com- 
modore 1084S monitor. 

Mr Winning noticed because he 
was watching the show on one, too! 



TV ads 

Matthew Gundry of ToowOoni- 
ba, Qld was watching the first 
episode of Babylon 5 (whose 
graphics, of course, were created on 
Video Toaster/Light Wave equipped 
Amigas) on Sunshine TV {channel 
7) on the 3rd of December, and 
noticed that at least two of the 
commercial breaks featured a CD32 
ad. 

From his description, it sounds 
like the robot playing games and 
overloading ad that was shown on 
UK TV and also included in CDXL 
format on the second CD32 demo 
disc. 

Local paper 

Chris Pauly of Geilston Bay, 
Tas, was browsing through his local 
free paper, the Eastern Shore Star, 
dated October 25. He spotted an 
article on a couple using an Amiga 
for editing and producing various 
videos, mainly weddings. 

The Amiga isn't specifically 
mentioned in the text, but a 2000 is 
plainly visible in the picture. 

Chris then went on to express his 
profound conviction that this 
"astounding sighting... deserves a 
free subscription", and by now he 
should be realising that since his 
isn't the last sighting in the list, he 
didn't get squat. Nyaah. 



Test pattern 

Andrew Dauncey of Chadstone, 
Victoria, was watching the AFL 
Grand Final with a friend on 
October ist, and zapped cliannels 
during the half time break. 

He came upon the new 
community channel 31, whose test 
pattern struck him and his mate as 
absolutely fascinating, possibly as a 
result of the traditional sports 
viewer's diet of beer, beer and more 
beer. 

After a few minutes of this 
riveting fare, he noticed a mouse 
pointer - and then the test pattern 
screen was pulled down, to reveal 
Workbench behind it! 

The fascinated pair continued to 
watch avidly, the football forgotten, 
as somebody edited the test pattern 
pixel by pixel. 

Andrew went on to do the usual 
Ritual Subscription Sucking Dance. 
Ah, what the heck, he can have one. 

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Lightw 
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By Jarrod Pudsey 



I At last, support products are be- 
coming available for us Australian 
Lightwavers. If you read the 
American magazines you'll find 
the ads fiill of Blah Blah for Light- 
wave this and that, but what about 
us? Well, thanks to the increasing 
popularity of this program, some 
stores are managing to get the 
products in. One such place is 
Computer Affair in Willoughby, 
NSW, and 1 was able to get my 
hands on a bundle to have a look. 
Some of the packages are really 
good; and others... well... 

Most support products for 
Lightwave are ARexx driven pro- 
grams or object and scene files. 
The first package in the list is 
PowerMacTos. This is just a hand- 
ful of AResx scripts which per- 
form specific operations. They 
work just like the existing macros 
in the Modeler, and there are a few 
that are very handy. Some are de- 
signed as modelling tools, and oth- 
ers create effects for the Layout. 
The first three tools are Business 
Macros. 

Chart Legend for some reason 
creates an object that is a beveled 
box with a beveled button and the 
text of your choice written next to 
it. Ideal for when you need to 



make a beveled box with a beveled 
button and the text of your choice 
next to it. Pie Charts 1 and 2 are 
quite useful - they make a chart 
object with up to eight sections 
based on either percentages or 
plain data. The macros create 3D 
pies with all the sections sized 
accordingly as surface sections or 
separate objects, depending on 
which macro you use. 

Next, there are six Modeler 
Macros. The first is Attach To 
Polygon. This allows an object to 
be attached to a particular polygon 
from another object, such as the 
example used to place a cone onto 
a specific surface of a sphere. 
Clone Object & Surfaces makes a 
definable number of clones of an 
object, renamed with an appended 
number, as well as renaming the 
surface with an appended acceding 
number so each new surface is in- 



dependent of the other. In addition, 
a scene file can also be created 
which contains the newly cloned 
objects- 

Fiip Around Polygon is de- 
signed to be used with Attach to 
Polygon. It rotates an object 180 
degrees aroutid a selected polygon 
from another object, so the cone 
that was pointing out from the 
sphere is now pointing inward. 

Load From Scene takes all the 
objects from a scene at their 
keyframe position and loads 
them into modeler. 

Mirror Using Polygon does ex- 
actly that - create a flat plane poly- 
gon and place it at a certain posi- 
tion and angle next to an object 
and it will use that plane as the 
mirror to create another object. 

Save Pivot Point is a very 
handy macro. When making a hi- 
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child object must be created and 
saved in the Modeler with the 
position of the axis origin in mind, 
as this becomes the object's pivot 
point in the Layout. When all these 
objects are loaded into the Layout 
however, the pivot points are 
placed at the axis origin, naturally. 
What you get is a mass of objects 
which then need to be moved to 
their respective positions. If the 
objects were saved in the correct 
positions from Modeler, then their 
pivot points would be incorrect. 

What this macro does is lets 
you select a point on the object or 
make a point to act as the pivot 
point. This object can then be 
saved and a scene is created with 
this object in it at its same position 
from Modeler and its pivot point at 
the newly designated position. 
This macro can then be used again 
and again to add more objects to 
the scene. 

Layout Macros are again run 
from the Modeler to give five I-ay- 
out tools. Focal Distance allows an 
object to act as the focal point of 
the camera. An object named 
FDIST has to be added to a scene, 
and wherever this object is, the 
camera will focus. The macro asks 
for this scene and then creates an 
envelope for the Focal Distance 
value in the camera menu. The 
FDIST object can then be removed 
fi-om the scene. 

Movescene is another handy 
macro. It takes a scene file, along 
with all its assigned object and im- 
age positions, and allows you to 
define a new position for the 
scene, objects and images sepa- 
rately. The macro then copies all 
these files to their new locations 
and resaves the new scene with all 
the new assign information. Ideal 
for moving a working scene to an- 
other machine or backing it up. 

Render Batch aUows up to five 
scenes to be listed in order and 
rendered sequentially, with 
different paths for each set of 



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rendered images or framestores. 
Included is a PAR DONE button 
which will keep each set of images 
for each scene separate when sent 
to a Personal Animation Recorder. 

Smooth Velocity takes a 
motion path and creates a constant 
velocity for it. At present, rotation 
information is lost but the added 
information states that the next 
version will overcome this. 

Snake is cool. It allows a curve 
to be used as a motion path for an 
object, and then bones are added to 
this object so that it literally 
snakes its way around the path. 
Now your ReaBD friends can stop 
making fun of you. 

The last set are the Energy 
Macros - Blow Up, Shatter, and 
Swarm. Shatter takes an object and 
slices it up into smaller separate 
objects with a different internal 
surface if desired. What on earth 
would you need an object that is 



all sliced up for? Blow Up! Yes, 
use this macro to adjust such 
things as velocity, gravity, rota- 
tion, bounce, and explosion height. 
A scene is then created with all 
this in mind as well as your Shatter 
object. So hit Make Preview, sit 
back and watch the particles ex- 
plode! 

Finally, there's Swarm. Basi- 
cally, you make a scene with at- 
tractor and repel ler objects in it. 
Run the macro, select an object to 
swarm, the number of these objec- 
ts to exist, and the animation 
length. TTien adjust parameters like 
velocity and spline inertia controls 
and a scene file is created. The 
starting direction vectors for the 
objects can be random, the same 
direction or all can start from a dif- 
ferent position. Each following ob- 
ject can be delayed and a relative 
dissolve per object value can cre- 
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object. What you're left with is a 
scene fuU of your objects doing 
their best not to sit stiU. 

PowerMacros is a good utOity 
for Lightwave, but it does have a 
down side - price. For 17 ARexx 
scripts, PowerMacros retails at 
around S160. 1 am definitely in the 
wrong business. It runs on 
Lightwave 3.5 and below. 

Swipes 

For anyone out there who 



actually uses a Video Toaster as a 
Video Toaster and not just a 
dongle for Lightwave, Swipes may 
interest you. It's a set of 64 video 
wipes and effects (or Croutons, I 
believe they're called) in colour 
for A4000 based Toaster systems. 
The effects consist of animated 
transitions, overlays, alpha channel 
dissolves and colour transparency 
effects. It's a pity about that little 
NTSC thing, because with effects 
like this available on a PAL video 



switcher there could be a real mar- 
ket for such a product outside the 
U,S. Hang on, didn't somebody al- 
ready try that? 

Swipes, from Byrd's Eye 
Software, is available for around 
$160. 

Sparks 

sparks is just one of those got- 
to-get-your-hands-on programs for 
Lightwave. So far I have only been 
able to skim through it and bite on 
the tutorials. Once I've had a good 
enough chew, I'll be back to give a 
more inside-looking-out perspec- 
tive. From what I've learned so 
far, though, I'm wasting valuable 
time typing here, I want to go and 
play! 

So what is it? Procedural 
Animation, folks. Basically, you 
take a particle or an object and 
fling it, then let nature take its 
course. Sparks takes care of the 
nature bit and lets you decide what 
way you would like your objects 
to be flung. Of course, you do 
have control over exactly what 
kind of nature you live in. You can 
change things like object or 
particle numbers, initial directions, 
velocities and rotations, gravity, 
wind, gust, flake and swirl veloc- 
ity. 

Sparks works with particles - 
you know, those neat little things 
called vertices that Lightwave can 
use as polygons. It uses these one 
point polygon objects as a basis to 
create its particles. Once your en- 
vironment is set the way you like 
it, just let your particles free and 
watch them do their stuff. These 
particles will move according to 
the little world that you have set 
up. If your gravity is zero then 
they will tend to just float away, as 
in space, The particles themselves 
do not collide with each other - 
they have no collision detection. 
They can, however, react to a de- 
finable ground plane or inside a 
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birthrates and can be recycled back 
into the environment. 

Once your particles are ready, 
you can simply let them go and 
watch the results from the Light- 
wave Layout in the background. If 
you like it, then save your set up. 
Because the animation is procedu- 
ral, no two animations will come 
out exactly the same, but the parti- 
cles will behave in a similar fash- 
ion. You can also get Lightwave to 
render each frame as the calcula- 
tion goes, or substitute the parti- 
cles for objects - single point poly- 
gons or chunks of asteroid if you 
so desire. This is then saved as a 
scene file for loading into Layout. 
Here you can make a preview an- 
im to test your results. 

There are several ways to fling 
your particles. The simplest is to 
just set an angle for your particles 
emission. Spherical results in your 
basic explosion effect. 

A narrow angle, or nozzle, 
pointing upwards with a set 
birthrate so particles are released 
one after the other will create a 
fountain effect. If they are recy- 
cled, then once they fall below the 
velocity threshold they will be 
thrown back into the nozzle to 
squirt out again. Trailing causes 
particles to fly out from a moving 
point, like a rocket exhaust. Source 
object allows the points in an ob- 
ject to act as the particle sources. 
This can be used to make rain 
dripping off the edge of an um- 
brella, for example. 

The particles can also have a 
target object, so each particle can 
move from a different initial 
direction towards its target. 
Streams of particles can also be 
targeted towards a moving point, 
just like an anxious Iraqi flak 



gunner trying to shoot down a 
stealth bomber. 

Fragment takes an object and 
breaks it up into its component 
pieces. Flocking takes the path of 
one object, say a bird or a fish, and 
then makes multiple copies of that 
object with similar motion paths. 
The flock has spring values which 
determine how the object is held in 
place with the motion path. If 
gravity wells are placed in the 
scene, weaker springed flocks will 
be pulled away from their paths. 
Negative gravity wells are good 
for simulating a flock avoiding an 
object, like a school of fish 
dispersing rapidly to avoid a 
predator. Flock objects can have 
displacement maps applied to 
them randomly out of phase, so 
your fish can aU swim along 
happily. 

The amount of variables that 
are available in determining your 
scene are too numerous to men- 
tion. A Tips and Tricks section is 
included in the manual to help you 
create effects like fire and smoke. 

Sparks from Metrografx retails 
for around $200. It is updated for 
version 3.5. So get out there and 
start making that fiery, rainy, bliz- 
zardy Lightwave animation. 

For about an extra $40, two 
Sparks utilities are available, The 
fu^st replaces all of one kind of ob- 
ject with another. So you could re- 
place all your fish with birds in 
one simple step. The second al- 
lows you to replace all points in 
your sparks scene with a light, or 
parent a light to each object. The 
light colours can be randomised, 
and the dissolve envelopes of the 
objects are used as light and flare 
envelopes. It even has automatic 
twinkle creation. These tools, 







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MuldReplace and Lightning Bug, 
are available when you buy 
Sparks. 

MotionMaster 

Motionmaster volumes I & II 
also come from Metrografx, and 
contain four Lightwave utilities 
each. Volume one has Time Ma- 
chine, a time line editor for morph 
objects and targets to let you do 
neat morphing tricks like lip sync- 
ing. It allows the wave form graph 
of an audio sample to be displayed 
as well. 

Extract Audio takes the wave 
form of an audio sample and con- 
verts it into a motion file. 

Pathflock is basically a flock- 
ing tool to create more swarms of 
birds and fish. 

Mouse Recorder takes the 
movement of your mouse and 
turns it into a motion path. 

Volume two includes Child 
World 2, a tool for taking a child 
object in a scene, disconnecting it 
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AUDIO 



Child 

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Wobbler creates mass and 
spring effects for your objects. Us- 
ing it on a bone can make it sway 
and bend as the others move along. 

Point At makes an object target 
another object. 

Finally, Volume Cube sets up 
an environment for a bunch of ob- 
jects to bounce around In with 
constant velocity. 

Each package is around 
US$150, and I'm not sure if any- 
one here sells them yet. 

Objects 

Dimension Technologies have 
brought out several packages of 
objects for Lightwave consisting 
of specialised packages for 



weddings and music themes as 
well as dinosaurs (the Jurassic 
CoUection) and a large cathedral 
object. Although these packages 
are apparently good quality, the 
one I purchased (Odds and Ends) 
didn't provide very many decent 
objects at all, and certainly not 
value for money. This doesn't 
mean that the other packages are 
the same. The Jurassic Collection 
comes with several detailed 
dinosaurs and bone structures to 
boot. On the other hand. Odds and 
Ends, which contains over 200 
objects, has only a handful that 
cotildn't be made in a few minutes. 
For the beginner these objects 
would come in handy, but anyone 



who can make their way around a 
modeler should give it a miss. 

The Odds and Ends object 
collection from Dimension 
Technologies retails for around 
$90. 

Lightrom 

This product is definitely of 
good value to the 3D enthusiast 
who has access to a CD-ROM 
drive. It's readable from Amiga, 
Mac, PC, Windows NT or Unix 
platforms. Included on the disc is a 
heap of good quality objects 
duplicated in Lightwave, Imagine, 
and Sculpt format, as well as 
additional Geo format objects. The 
corresponding image maps are 
also present, as well as scene files 
for particular objects. Additional 
images are included in IFF, JPEG, 
or Targa, 

There are bump maps or spe- 
cialized projection maps - metals, 
organic, stone and so on. In addi- 
tion, there are surface attributes for 
Lightwave, digital elevation map 
objects, fonts, Video Toaster 
wipes, a stack of Fred Fish disks 
(8754000), and tons of Internet 
and BBS mail from 1992 through 
late 1994 on the particular subjects 
appropriate. Objects include space 
ships from Star Wars, Star Trek, 
Babylon 5 and Battlestar Galac- 
tica, boats, cars, planes, people and 
parts, animals, buUdings, comput- 
ers, clocks, trees, furniture, and 
telephones to name only a few. 
Each category includes index pic- 
tures to help you track down that 
object, thank goodness. 

Lightrom, from Amiga Library 
Services, is ^x>und $99. 

In the future, I'll hopefully get 
hold of one of those motion dy- 
namics programs for Lightwave 
tike DMM or Newton's Laws, It's 
good to see this stuff becoming 
more available - who knows. 
Lightwave 4 may be just around 
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Strategy 




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By Rowan Crawford 



Mt's been six months now since 
Commodore went into liquidation, 
and yet there has still been no res- 
olution. The two "high profile" 
bidders recently have been Com- 
modore UK and CEI (Creative 
Equipment International). 

While Commodore UK 
(C=UK for short) choose to talk 
about their plans and thoughts via 
the European Amiga media, CEI 
have been taking part in 'net con- 
ferences organised by Jason 
Compton, editor of the online 
magazine Amiga Report (AR). 
The first three conferences were 
on Portal, BIX and Delphi, with a 
combined total of around 1 80 peo- 
ple taking part in the questioning. 
The fourth conference was con- 
ducted in the less than ideal set- 
tings of IRC (Internet Relay Chat) 
on the 30th of November. 

More than 400 people arrived 
on IRC for the conference, possi- 
bly creating a record for people on 
one channel. The actual confer- 
ence was limited to just 200 peo- 
ple, so more than half could not 
take an active part. However, nu- 
merous "echo" channels were cre- 
ated which gave everyone a 
chance to follow the conversation. 



The channel itself was moderated - 
only selected people could speak - 
and was controlled by Jason-AR 
(Jason Compton, also the host), 
and Bewdah, Considering the 
mayhem that is IRC, the confer- 
ence went suprisingly well, if a lit- 
tle slow at times. 

Excerpts from the the Amiga 
Report IRC Online Conference 
with CEI are reprinted with per- 
mission from Amiga Report Mag- 
azine. 

Jason-AR: Alex, do you have 
any opening words? 

Alex-CEI: We are over- 
whelmed by the response from 
around the world today. The sup- 
port has been incredible, our hope 
is to finalize the deal shortly and 
bring back the Amiga! 

Jason-AR: 1. What is the cur- 
rent status of your bid and the ne- 
gotiations? 

2. Are you making any deais 
with the UK? 

Alex'CET: CEI is in the fmal 
negotiating stages with the trustee. 
If all goes well, and there are no 
legal roadblocks, there is a possi- 
bility that the contract can be 



signed early next week. The inven- 
tory situation remains murky. 
Commodore's raw material was 
moved from the old factory to a 
warehouse where some product 
was lost or misplaced. Our goal is 
to reintroduce the Amiga as scon 
as possible, so this issue is impor- 
tant. There is also an abundance of 
legal issues which are being re- 
solved. 

As far as the UK status, CEI is 
willing to work with whatever 
party to make the Amiga success- 
ful. Our plan calls for opening up a 
new operation in the UK and Ger- 
many within the next sixty days. 
These operations will be staffed by 
the most competent individuals 
possible (either old/new Amiga 
management) and new blood. 

Frotz: Why has this taken over 
6 months? Can you explain the 
difficulties so that the skeptical 
among us tmderstand? 

AleX'CEI: First of ail, you 
must remember that Commodore 
was once a billion dollar company. 
There were 35 different companies 
located in over 20 different coun- 
tries. Each country has its own 
bankrupcty laws. This has been a 
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people who have made money 
have been the lawyers and trustee. 
The majority of the legal matters 
have been settled and that's why 
the actual transfer of property is 
close at hand. The problem with 
the PhiUipine inventory has also 
caused the most recent delays. 
Hopefully, all these issues have 
been or will be resolved by the end 
of the week. 

The original bids by both 
C=UK and CEI were based on 
having access to the machines and 
components at the Phillipines 
plant, but several months into the 
bidding, it was discovered that 
would not be possible. Having ac- 
cess would have resulted in a 
-much quicker re- introduction of 
Amiga production, so this loss was 
quite detrimental to both bids. AH 
interested parties needed to re- 
evaluate their bid, and find alter- 
nate arrangements for components. 

Most of the conference re- 
volved around die technical details 
of CEI's plans for the Amiga, and 
also largely on CEI's subsequent 
support for the machine. 

Alex made it dear that he is 
not a programmer, and knows very 
little about anything technical. CEI 
appears to have very few finalised 
plans about future development, 
preferring instead to wait until 
they know their bid was sue cess - 
fal, and then leave the specifics up 
to their development team. 

Overlord: Will you consider 
using GLint chips for the Amiga? 

LehmanNAV: [GLint is a 3D 
gfs chip from 3DLabs -Thanks 
EdS] 

Akx-CEI: No, the Com- 
modore engineering team was 
working on a chip set with superi- 
or performance, with a lower cost. 
This chip was internally referred 
as a 3d/risc chip set. 



Baffy: Amix is not the only 
Amiga Unix any more, but I fee! it 
could be the best, and thus com- 
mercially viable, if development 
were to be continued immediately. 
Are there any plans to restart de- 
velopment/support of Amix? 

AleX'CEI: Support for Amix is 
possible. Development on the 
68O40 processor needs to be final- 
ized. There is no reason why the 
new company won't support Unix; 
it's cheap and makes sense. 

gabe: What do you think about 
DSP? And also about 040 for a 
base CPU for the Amiga (040 
1200, 040 CD32), and what about 
AmigaDOS on a RISC machine? 
(no Windows NT) One more 
thing, what about Amiga TCP/IP? 

Alex-CEI: First and foremost, 
DSP is good and necessary but 
so's the co-development of appli- 
cations. As the price of the 68040 
drops it will make the processor 
attractive for low end platforms. 

The OS needs to migrate to a 
new processor within the next 
twelve months. There is no reason 
why the new Amigas can't be mul- 
ti-OS machines. AmigaDOS first, 
and everything else is just the top- 
ping on the cake. 

peman: Will the next Amiga 
have the Zorroin bus, or what bus 
will be used in future Amigas? 

Alex-CEI: The Zorro bus is as 
important to the Amiga as Amiga- 
DOS. I believe the next generation 
machine should have the Zorro 
and the PCI bus. This will enable 
developers to add products rela- 
tively easily. 

Timmer: Possibly CBM's 
biggest mistake was the bungling 
of AppShell/ AppBuilder. Will you 
be rekindling this project and/or 
undertaking a similar new project? 

AleX'CEI: I'm afraid that I am 
not familiar with this project. If it's 
good, sells Amiga and helps the 
market, yes. 



Tau: [AppShell/ AppBuilder is 
a development tool to help in de- 
signing well integrated GUI/ 
ARexx interfaces, basically] 

Intr: I want to know what's af- 
ter the 68060? Is it the PowerPC or 
PA-RISC or something else? 

AleX'CEI: IBM/Apple is push- 
ing us towards the PowerPC. We 
have had talks with HP on the PA- 
RISC. This is a determination that 
needs to be made by the new engi- 
neering team. Obviously, we want 
the most powerful Amiga for the 
least amount of money. Porting the 
operating system will be a key 
component to the new processor 
for the Amiga. 

Richie: Ql: Any plans to start 
production of the A3000 instead of 
4000 models andyor 3000 mother- 
boards as upgrades for current 
A3000 - owners? 

Q2: Will you, if you decide to 
go with the PPC, make the Amiga 
MfcU-series compatible with the 
new hardware specs for PPC-- 
machines from IBM/Apple/ Mo- 
torola? 

Alex-CEI: No. The first order 
of business is to restart production 
on the A 1200, A4000 and 
A4000T The ability to offer up- 
grades is one that will be explored 
early in the game. The value and 
loyalty of our existing customer 
base will not be ignored. 

CasBaH; How many people 
will you have developing new 
Amigas that have actually devel- 
oped Amigas or hardware for 
Amigas before? And how big will 
the development team be? 

Alex-CEI: When we acquire 
the assets from Commodore, we 
will be getting 17 engineers. Plans 
call to increase that number to 103 
by the end of the year. We will al- 
so be working closely with other 
manufacturers - for example 
Ameristar for networking. 

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make and support CD32s? 

Alex-CEI: Yes. But I see the 
future as an Amiga 1200 type ma- 
chine with a buih in CD. We must 
be reaiistic that competing with the 
big boys {Nintendo, Sega) will be 
extremely difficult. Let's take the 
advantages of our technology and 
move them forward. The CD32 is 
a great unit for interactive kiosk 
applications. The next machine 
utilizing the new technology has a 
better chance against the big boys. 
Unfortunately, C= lost too much 
valuable time with the CD32. To 
bring it back will simply cost too 
much. 

hog: Two downers of a Win- 
dowsNT'ized (boo!) Amiga; 

1. Will repel loyal Amigoids, 
who love its clo.se relationship be- 
tween CPU/custom chips/OS. 

2. Will have hard time attract- 
ing people who already have NT 
machines. Alex: what is your opin- 
ion? 

Alex-CEI: The Amiga is 
unique due to its OS and custom 
chips. This does not remove the 
possibility of running multiple 
OS's, Remember the Trojan Horse 
- wait till they see our operating 
system. Most people would not 
purchase an Amiga be causa it will 
run NT but some would not buy it 
because it doesn't. 

Tau: A two parter from people 
outside: 1. You mentioned getting 
old C= employees back. Most of 
the old dev team is at Scala and 
3DO it seems. Do you have plans 
for co-deveiopment with Scala? 2. 
What is pi armed for future sound 
support in Amiga? 

Alex-CEI: Co-development 
with Scala is not out of the ques- 
tion. CEI has an excellent relation- 
ship with SCALA. We look for- 
ward to working with them in the 
future. Part two: DSP. 

Tau: [Sound is one of the 
things where even the current OS 



compliant software is VERY close 
to hardware. Getting it moved to 
something else will be quite a 
challenge. Good luck.] 

mickh: How are your plans for 
porting AmigaOS to a RISC CPU? 
How fast will applications be 
available then? 

Alex-CEI: Porting the Ami- 
gaOS is a large task that we plan to 
undertake almost immediately. In 
order to property implement a port 
it is important to have developers' 
co-operation. Our role includes 
full complete co- developer imple- 
mentation of the porting. When the 
ported OS is released applications 
that fully utilize the OS need to be 
present. 

Axios: Is a CD-ROM unit with 
CD32 and MPEG support for the 
A4000 on the list of immediate 
releases once things get going? 
Alex-CEI: YES! 
Setok: What will be the price 
range for the new Amigas? 1 don't 
know much about the OS, so does 
it have memory protection and 
stuff? 

Alex-CEI: There is not a lot of 
room in the low end Amigas, they 
were cheap to begin with. The 
high end Amigas need to be priced 
more realistically. Our goals are to 
utilize the original formula that 
made C= successfti! in the begin- 
ning. The most powerful machine 
for the least money. The last few 
years they seemed to have forgot- 
ten this, 

Jason-AR: Interrupt: This will, 
of course, involve more high- 
profile floor scrubber marketing, 
will it not? [Note: This relates to 
one of the items in the Com- 
modore US auction, which, like 
the Commodore Australia ping- 
pong table, gained a certain notori- 
ety - Ed] 

Tachy: Hi Alex, will future 
releases of the Amiga-OS support 
memory-protection by MMU like 



OS/2, UNIX and others? As a pro- 
grammer, I think we should care 
about the eff^Ment OS and multi- 
tasking of this machine too... what 
does CEI think about it? 

Alex-CEI: Remember, Lm not 
an engineer or a programmer. I be- 
lieve that the market expects that 
all Amigas be equipped with 
MMUs. 

Metalite: Multiple processors, 
multiple users and multiple 
screens & keyboards in one ma- 
chine? Oh and memory protec- 
tion? In next machines? 

AleX'CEI: Sorry, your ques- 
tion is beyond me in this mode. 

dmalovic: Will CEI designed 
Amigas have both chunky and pla- 
nar modes, and will they remove 
videoDMA from stopping the pro- 
cessor (dual port video RAM)? 

Alex-CEI: Yes, the work to 
convert is already existing in the 
CD32. This question is also be- 
yond me. due to its technical na- 
ture. 

Tau: [AAA would have done 
both of these. One would expect 
the same from any possible re- 
placement technology.] 

Phalanx: When can we see 
RTG? It's even more important 
than RISC. 

Alex-CEI: RTG is the top item 
on our need list. Its time has come. 
LehmanNAV: [RTG = Retar- 
getable Graphics, which allows a 
standard graphics interface no 
matter what the characteristics of 
your display device,] 

Shades: Will the A120O keep 
its current shape as "all-in-one- 
case" computer, or will it be key- 
board/case? And what will be the 
name of the company? 

Alex-CEI: I believe there is 
room for improvement on the ba- 
sic Amiga 1200. This does not 
necessarily mean a redo on the 
machine, but might mean new 
models (A1400, A 1600, etc.). The 



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working name is currently Amiga 
Technologies International. Re- 
member, this is subject to change 
depending on the legal types, 

XmikeX: Alex: any idea when 
CEI will have an inventory ready 
for those who've already placed 
deposits on some offbeat CBM 
equipment, like a C65 :)? 

Alex-CEI: We have taken no 
deposits on any offbeat Com- 
modore equipment. When the in- 
ventory becomes available, we fill 
orders on first in first out basis, 

Timmer: Would you consider 
contracting out some of the OS 
work, e.g. the improvement of the 
GUT? I know that we at Phantom 
Development have already done a 
lot of ground work in this area. 

Alex-CEI: Yes. We welcome 
the opportunity to work with de- 
velopers to move our plans ahead. 

dracon: The Amiga has always 
been a great sounding machine 
since the A500. What ideas have 
CEI got for the enhancement of 
the Amiga's sound capabilities? 16 
bit audio, inbuilt MIDI support? 

Alex-CEI: Again, DSP is in- 
strumental (pun intended) to move 
the Amiga in the sound theater. 

Few surprises there, with the 
"ideal" machine being CEI's base 
plan. No mention of how long it 
would be before we see the next 
generation Amiga, but you can be 
certain it won't be for at least 12 
months. The upside is that be- 
tween now and then, we would see 
variations of the current systems, 
at more competitive prices. CEI 
feel confident that these machines 
could compete in the market until 
the next generation is available. 

In terms of ongoing support, 
CEI seem to be very keen to avoid 
the mistakes made by Commodore 
International. The many facets of 
marketing and pushing the Amiga 
into niche areas was something 



that Conunodore International 
never explored enough, so it's 
some relief to see that CEI can see 
the obvious benefits of good sup- 
port in these areas. 

Fratz: Alex - how do you plan 
on providing educational support? 
The university I work for is con- 
sidering closing its Amiga lab, 

Alex-CEI: Educational support 
is very important to the new 
Amiga. Our plan calls for a com- 
prehensive support staff exclu- 
sively for education. Additionally, 
special pricing and special config- 
urations for education should 
make the Amiga quite attractive 
for all schools. We are currently 
working on a plan that provides a 
less expensive solution for studen- 
ts than any cmrently available. 

Phalanx: How much of the 
marketing budget would go into 
pan-Europe? Alex_CEI: The mar- 
keting budget is dependent on a 
number of factors, that include the 
size of the market. I realize that a 
number of individuals in Europe 
are afraid CEI will ignore their 
market. This is not the case. I fully 
understand the popularity of the 
Amiga and the amount of market- 
ing support which it needs in Eu- 
rope. In order to run a profitable 
company, we must capitalize on 
the strengths of all the markets. 
Marketing in Europe will be di- 
rected to the consumer market and 
the developing video market, 
while in North America the main 
emphasis will be on the profes- 
sional multimedia markets. 

Kad-AR: Two parter; 1. You 
mentioned education. Where will 
the educational software come 
from? The most popular titles out 
now are on CD and aren't 
available for the Amiga. 

2. Will future versions of 
Workbench iook more "slick"? 
Many people now use hacks and 
new icon packages to make their 



desktops more attractive. 

Alex-CEI: Part one - the 
biggest boost to educational soft- 
ware is to get more computers in 
the field. The easiest way to do 
this is through special models and 
pricing. As the Amiga is the first 
multimedia computer it makes no 
sense why every Amiga doesn't 
come with a CD-ROM drive built 
in. Using a multiple OS machine 
also makes sense. We have a very 
long list of cosmetic improvemen- 
ts for Workbench. 

Bewdah: Sorry to intemipt, but 
what about including a better text 
editor, paint program, term pro- 
gram, etc a la IBM OS's? Ed really 
stinks- 

Alex-CEh ABSOLUTELY, 
What about a terminal program to 
communicate with Internet? The 
possibilities are boundless. I fully 
realize that our look and feel needs 
to be more professional and "zap- 
pier", 

Tau: [Commodore used to 
have Internet software; Bundling 
AS225 shouldn't be out of the 
question even today] 

LehmanNAV: [AS225 is too 
complex] 

Laire: [a stable AMosaic 
would be a good start] 

Alex-CEI: We need a commu- 
nication package that's user 
friendly. It's important to reraem^ 
ber that there's a possiblity that the 
Amiga might be the fu-st computer 
a customer has purchased. Ease of 
use is extremely important. We 
would like to provide a complete, 
out of the box solution for both the 
home and the business. There is no 
reason that home Amigas can't 
have communication capabiHties 
akeady built in from the factory, 

AlexG: Alex: Is there a possi- 
bility that you will look into enter- 
ing the Mexican or Latin- 
American market, which is grow- 
ing rapidly? 



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Alex-CEI: The Mexican mar- 
ket has always been strong for 
Amiga, amtga ;-) 

DanF: What does CEI plan to 
do to support Amiga user groups? 

Akx-CEJ: Discount programs, 
promotional materials, regional 
demonstrations, loan support pro- 
grams, etc. 

-Usa-: It seems that now that 
market is in its mature phase, mar- 
keting will be critical, especially as 
the hig boys excercise hold-and- 
mai.ntain strategies. How will you 
fight this? Also 1) will the Amiga 
ever make it back into mass mer- 
chants and 2) would you like a 
fresh outta grad school MBA for 
your Marketing Department? 

Alex-CEI: Another two parter, 
I see. First, the Amiga is still, even 
today, viable against the big boys 
of the computer market. There is 
no one that makes a personal home 
computer that can do what the 
1200 does and sells for that 
amount. If we concentrate on the 
markets which the Amiga can win 
hands down, there is no reason 
why we can't repeat the formula of 
the Commodore 64. By moving 
forward with the new technologies 
that Commodore posses es, we can 
play a significant role in new de- 
veloping markets (Set-top boxes, 
interactive display stations, etc.). 

As for the second part,' our 
marketing has to be t<mtrol]ed by 
creative (read "unusual") people. 
We simply need the best people 
(PERIOD). 

Camelot: What are your plans 
for Europe? In prior conferences 
you have mainly talked about the 
US. Do you have enough funds to 
market properly in Europe also? 2. 
Are you planning to hire the for- 
mer C= employees back (e.g. 
Dave Haynie)? Also, with the re- 
hiring of C= employees, would 
you consider AAA? As far as I 
know, the plans for RJSC are 



based on the opinions of 17 engi- 
neers, who do not know AAA? 

Alex-CEI: Once again, Europe 
is extremely important! C= sold 
8,5% of their computers in Europte. 
We will devote whatever resources 
are necessary to make the Euro- 
pean market flourish. There are a 
number of ex-Commodore em- 
ployees who have offered their 
services once the acquisition is 
complete. Of course, we are 
thrilled to build a new Amiga team 
utilizing some of the old players, 

HarvL: Re; upcoming trade 
shows. VTU/Calif next month and 
CES/Vegas Jan '95. What are 
CEI's plans to be at and/or display 
at either of these shows? Specifi- 
cally, CES would make a great 
venue to "relaunch" the Amiga? 

Alex-CEI: Time constraints are 
critical. Once we've wrapped up 
the purchase of the Commodore 
assets we will immediately begin 
an extremely aggressive show 
schedule. But to start prematurely 
does not make sense. I will be at- 
tending a number of shows in the 
next few weeks to meet privately 
with developers and supporters. 

Xed: The Amiga used to be big 
down here in Australia until Com- 
modore screwed all the distribu- 
tors. Are there any plans to re-start 
Commodore Australia and rebuild 
the userbase down here? I know 
plenty of people who really don't 
want to sell their Amiga (me in- 
cluded). 

Alex-CEI: Yes, we are having 
conversations with a number of 
key players in the Australian mar- 
ket, Our immediate plans do not 
call for opening an office, but 
working closely with allies. 

oleg: Mr Amor, many people 
have said that Amiga is dead tech- 
nology, limited by its custom 
chips. Why spend money on it? 

Alex-CEI: There are over 400 
users here with us at this time. Or- 



ders for thousands of computers 
are being submitted. The Amiga 
OS can do things that Windows 
never even dreams of at a cost no 
one can match. The prices of used 
Amigas have skyrocketed. Do you 
really think the Amiga is dead? 

Marrs: C= only had a develop- 
ers program which cost a lot of 
money. Do you plan on a "cheap" 
support program for PD/ 
Shareware authors who just want 
the documentation on the latest 
OS? 

Alex-CEI: Yes, the developers 
are an integral part of making the 
Amiga succesful. Many develop- 
ers are small companies working 
out of their homes. We fully real- 
ize that all individuals need to be 
updated with the latest informa- 
tion. 

LehmanNAV: Don't you get 
the feeling that this whole thing 
could possibly he too little too 
late? Especially in the shaking up 
of the market which begun this 
summer, and probably won't end 
for a couple years? All of the com- 
panies in the industry have be- 
come highly competitive, and the 
market tends to polarize around 
the "winning" (not necessarily the 
best) standard(s), Do you really 
think CEI is equipped to cope with 
this enormous threat? 

Alex-CEI: YES! Our intent is 
not to compete directly with the 
IBMs and Compaqs of the world. 
The market is fragmenting and 
customers are being wiser when 
shopping for products. The Amiga 
can do a lot more for a lot less. No, 
I don't expect miracles, but the 
ability to viably compete in the 
market is more than just an oppor- 
tunity, 

Sysinfo: 3 Questions: 1) How 
will developer support under CEI 
differ from the former C=? 2) will 
CEI do what it takes to get the 
support fi-om SAS (SAS/C) back? 
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on, AAA or the so called "HOM- 
BRE" project? 

Alex-CEI: CEI will work 
closely with developers. This in- 
cludes joint ventures and joint 
marketing programs. Sharing a 
common bus with graphics, not lo- 
cated in the motherboard, will al- 
low greater flexibility, 

Richie: Ql: How will you sup- 
port dedicated Amiga dealerships 
in favour of mail-order multi- 
platform houses to enhance the 
image and strength of the Amiga? 

Q2: Have you considered buy- 
ing SC from SAS and developing 
it yourselves? 

Alex-CEI: Strict market con- 
trols need to be implemented. The 
Amiga is not a PC clone and 
should not be treated like one. 

The profitable suivival of the 
dealership is crucial to selling a 
specialized product like the 
Amiga. We have not considered 
the purchase of SC at this time. 

Lomby: Hello Alex, what kind 
of support do you plan to give in 
foreign countries (private resellers, 
subsidiaries...)? 

Alex-CEI: Major centers of 
operations will be UK, Germany, 
Canada and the US initially. Ex- 
pansion into Norway and Italy is 
possible. Our goals are to work 
with partners in the remainder of 
the world to fulfill the market 
needs. 

PreSSo: When wilt massive 
multiprocessing be supported in 
AmigaOS and on which CPU? Al- 
so, where can users send their 
ideas on improvements for the 
Amiga? (an email would do) 

Alex-CEI: The first question is 
way too technical to be addressed 
by me in this medium. We are hap- 
py to take suggestions by regular 
mail to the following address: 



CEI 

5555 West Flagler Street 

Miami, FL 33134 

USA 

Att: Amiga Suggestions 

Once we have accomplished 
the acquisition we will publish the 
E-mail address. 

Or send your suggestions to 
"JASON@floorscrubber.com". He 
will forward them to us on a 
timely matter. 

Jason-AR: No, no, it's jcomp- 
ton@bbs,xnet,com, but that's an 
excellent name for when I get a 
site running... :) 

Tinea: Are you negotiating 
with Microsoft or Lotus about 
porting Word or AmiPro? (Final 
Writer still doesn't cut it, IMHO) 

Alex-CEI: We are talking to a 
number of different players in both 
the hardware and software indus- 
try. At this time I am not liberty to 
give out any specifics. If we can 
introduce a multi-OS machine, this 
would by default give the Amiga 
users a broader base of programs. 

MrGandalf: You mentioned 
cosmetic enhancements with the 
OS, what type of enhancements 
might you mean? 

Alex-CEI: We have taken a 
close look at the SGI, Windows, 
etc. They look and feel more pro- 
fessional then our beloved Amiga. 

Tau: [give me GEOS-C64 
rather than Windoze, please ;)] 

Bewdah: Alex. Any chance of 
EVER seeing the A30CI07 And did 
you enjoy this enough to want to 
do another IRC conference?";) 

Alex-CEI: I believe you will 
see a machine that will have all the 
capabilities of the A3000 and 
more. 1 have enjoyed the opportu- 
nity to be with you this afternoon. 
Hopefully, next time we can report 
that we are moving forward with 
the Amiga instead of just talking 
about it! 



Jason-AR: Many people have 
expressed interest in working for 
the new company. What do you 
suggest they do at this point? What 
sort of presence, realistically, 
could you have at this Winter 
CES? I would think that by now, 
it's too late to get table space. 

Alex-CEI: We need everyone's 
help in order to be successful. The 
one big difference is CEI is wilhng 
to listen where C= did not. Let us 
know. CES is out of the question 
at this point. 

Jason-AR: Thanks to Alex 
Amor, president of CEI, for taking 
the time to he here today. Thanks 
to the over 400 people who 
showed up, either actively or in a 
listening mode, for the conference. 
Thanks to the channel operators 
for looking imposing, and thanks 
to Bewdah for doing die grunt 
work of maintaining the list and 
handing out voice. His help was 
invaluable. 

Alex-CEI: Thank you all for 
attending. I would like to give a 
special thanks to the moderators 
and all who have assisted in set- 
ting up this conference! ;-) 

So now we await an outcome. 
Both CEI and C=UK have similar 
plans, although C=UK have stated 
that they plan to concentrate on 
just the European market until they 
have a strong foothold, and' 
haven't said anything much since 
the November 4th date for final isa- 
tion of their bid came and went 
without a whisper. CEI, being 
based in America, have a more 
general plan which seems to in- 
clude Australia in some small way. 

Either way, a strong backing 
from the existing Amiga commu- 
nity wilt be essential if they are to 
survive the first year. They'll have 
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Magic Lantern 
Version 2 



By Patrick Kirsch 



I Magic Lantern is a proprietary 
animation format for the Amiga. It 
can compile anims from a se- 
quence of IFFs and play the requit- 
ing aitim on a number of frame 
buffers as well as the Amiga native 
modes such as HAMS. 

There are already several 
Amiga animation formats. Starting 
with an AGA Amiga, you have the 
options of HAMS or 256 colour 
animation in ANIM5, 7 or 8, or 
clariSSA's Super Smooth Anima- 
tion format in the same palette 
depths. Add an Opalvision card 
and you also have OpalAnimate in 
8, 12, 15 or 24 bit modes, low res 
non-interlaced. If you have a 
Retina, Retina Z3, Pica.sso II, 
GDA, EGS or Spectrum card, or 
an Opalvision or a stock AGA ma- 
chine. Magic Lantern offers true 
colour animation in a variety of 
screen modes. Since I didn't have 
access to any of the above except 
for Opalvision for this review, I'll 
only deal with Amiga native for- 
mats and Opalvision formats. 

Magic Lantern differs frorn any 
other anim format in that it can in- 
terleave audio with video and 
force a fixed frame rate in order to 
keep the audio synchronised. This 
is similar to the Quicktime and 
Video for Windows formats on the 
Mac and PC, which are the basis 



for the growth of "interactive mul- 
timedia". . Other advantages 
Lantern has over Opalanimate are 
the ability to modify and edit ex- 
isting animation files (called DIF- 
Fs) and its interface, which is 
much clearer than Opalanimate's. 

All of this I detemnined before 
even installing the software, and I 
was quite excited to see if Magic 
Lantern could live up to expecta- 
tions. Despite its numerous short- 
comings, 1 use Opalanimate exten- 
sively for previewing animations, 
so any improvement would be 
welcome. 

After installation, I followed 
the simple tutorial by loading the 



demo HAM diff, which then re- 
fused to play until I changed the 
Amiga screen mode to 320x512 
HAM. I thought it odd that the 
program couid not autodeteet the 
correct screen mode, so I tried the 
stand alone player included with 
Magic Lantern. Nothing I did 
would make it play the animation. 
I proceeded to decompress the ani- 
mation into source HAM pics and 
recompile the animation for 
Amiga playback. There's a bewil- 
dering array of parameters to set 
up relating to double buffering, 
compression type and screen 
mode. My first attempt also re- 
fused to play back at all until I set 



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the screen mode to match that of 
the source frames. In fact, Lantern 
performs no image processing of 
any kind, either image size or bit 
plane depth. In other words, HAM 
in, HAM out. The interleaved au- 
dio is definitely the most appealing 
aspect of Magic Lantern, and ap- 
peared to work well in the demo 
diff, but Lantern refused to work 
with any IFF audio files I tried, 
telling me the audio files were cor- 
rupt, when they clearly were not. 

Things just got worse from this 
point. I moved on to testing 
Lantern with Opal vision. A se- 
quence of 320x240 Lightwave pics 
compiled into a 15 bit Opal anim 
in about 10 minutes. The resultant 
anim played back on a 40MHz 
68040 A4000 at 25 frames per sec- 
ond. The same sequence took 



about the same time to compile 
with Lantern but the result was far 
from acceptable. Playback was 
slow and jerky, with a strange halo 
around moving areas on screen. 
This was due to the failure of the 
anim to compress as double 
buffered, despite all the correct 
settings. No other settings I tried 
could resolve die problem. 

So I am left with a difficult 
conclusion: I don't like to write off 
a program like Magic Lantern just 
because I couldn't get it to work. If 
anyone else has had better iuck 
with it using other display cards 
pJease let me know. My recom- 
mendation, however, is give it a 
miss. If you are looking for a eas- 
ily distributable, cross platform 
digital audio/video format, the 
clear solution is MPEG, particuiar- 



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AMIGA Review 




Removable Drive 
Shootout II 



By Daniel Rutter 



t It's been more than a year since I 
reviewed the Bemoulli 150Mb re- 
movable disk drive. As with every 
facet of computing, everything 
gets bigger, faster and cheaper as 
time goes by, and now you can 
buy a 230Mb Bemoulli drive for 
less than the 150Mb cost a year 
ago. 

Magnetic and magneto-optical 
competitors to the Bemoulli for- 
mat have made similar strides, and 
now you can get a Fujitsu Dy- 
naMO 3.5 inch drive at a price 
which, in the long term, beats the 
Bemoulli in dollars per megabyte. 
It costs considerably more at first, 
diough. 

Price, though, is only one fac- 
tor. What about speed, reliability, 
convenience and impress- your- 
friends design funkiness? This 
comparison aims to tell you every- 
thing you need to know to decide 
which (if either) of the two gad- 
gets is for you. 

Huh? 

A brief explanation, for people 
who missed the last review, or just 
don't remember things too well, 
'ftTiat we're talking about here is 
high speed, large capacity re- 



(the saga continues) 




movable disk drives. We are not 
talking tape drives, which are 
cheap but minimally useftil for 
anything but backups (you can get 
file systems that let you use a tape 
drive as a regular random access 
device, but anyone who's used an 
antique computer with a cassette 
drive will know why this is a 
cmmmy idea). 

Removable hard drives are use- 
ful for backups, transferring large 
files between machines, and gener- 
al storage of data that isn't needed 
often enough to justify putting it 
on the built in hard drive. Here at 
Amiga Review we regularly put 



generous chunks of magazine on 
Syquest 44Mb carts (old and ugly 
but universally accepted) for trans- 
fer to the place that turns files into 
film; modem transfers are all very 
well, but not for a 40Mb cover file. 

There are several philosophies 
in removable drive technology. 
The most straightforward is that 
used by the Syquest drives - a hard 
disk platter in a removable plastic 
cartridge. 

Sy quests have an edge in that 
they've got huge market penetra- 
tion and have become a de facto 
standard, so if you're looking for a 
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your machine to, say, the bureau 
that'll print your DTP master- 
pieces, you'll probably find a 
Sy quest is the one to go for. The 
wide acceptance of Sy quests also 
makes them cheap - economies of 
scale. 

The problem with the Syquest 
idea is that hard disk platters are 
iragile. They're made to very 
small tolerances, and if anything 
touches the surface it's likely to 
wreck it - so the Syquest cartridge 
can't have internal padding or any 
such damage-control measures. 

This means that knocking a 
Syquest cart off a desk onto a hard 
floor can spoil your whole day, 
and if you're going to be carrying 
them from place to place regularly 
you WILL, eventually, smash a 
cart. On the plus side, you can get 
an old external 44Mb Syquest with 
a cartridge for less than $150 - we 
got one for $100. Good luck get- 
ting the crusty old critter to work 
consistently, though. 

At the other extreme is the 
floptical drive, which uses 3,5 inch 
disLs that look much like regular 
floppies and has an optical control 
track on the disk that lets it pack 
data much more densely - 20Mb 
per disk. The floptical disks are al- 
most as tough as regular floppies, 
but you have to line the data trans- 



fer up with a pole to see if it 
moves. The more expensive mag- 
neto-optical drives use disks that 
look like mutant CDs in cases, and 
give far better performance than 
floptical with comparable tough- 
ness. 

One advantage of the MO's is 
that the system they use - using a 
laser to heat the disk surface so 
that the magnetic write process can 
happen - means the disks are im- 
mune to magnetic fields. 

I can't recall ever nuking the 
data on a Syquest or Bernoulli cart 
by leaving it next to a monitor, on 
top of a speaker or next to a big 
electric motor, but I've done it to 
floppies, so I suppose the extra 
data security's nice to have. An- 
other Bernoulli selling point, 
though, is that they use a very high 
magnetic flux density overhead 
residual windchiU factor, or some- 
thing, and are hence supposed to 
be extremely resistant to magnetic 
corruption anyway. 

The Bemoulii system uses 
flexible, floppy-style disks that are 
kept close to their high density 
read/write head by the centrifugal 
force of their high rotation speed. 
The head itself tracks back and 
forth on rails like a floppy drive's 
head - it's not a bouncy tone-arm 
type .arrangement as in hard drives 



and Syquests. 

Bump the drive and the disk 
falls away from the head; it is 
functionally impossible to bump 
an error onto a Bernoulli disk 
without a rubber mallet and a gen- 
erous runup. Iomega's confidence 
in the drives' toughness is reflect- 
ed in the warranty - it's still five 
years on the disks, but now it's 
five years on the drive, too, instead 
of two. Bemoullis do not go 
wrong. Full stop. 

Looks 

Physically, the new Bernoulli 
looks almost exactly the same. The 
badge on the little removable front 
plate is different, and the chunky 
5.25" disks have a different sticker 
(which now features an "insert to 
this line" mark to remind the dim 
of wit that Bernoulli carts don't go 
right into the drive). The Trans- 
portable I reviewed had exactly the 
same box as the old 150; SCSI ad- 
dress selector, dual 50 way Cen- 
tronics connectors, termination 
switch, nifty pop-out handle/stand, 

The 230 is not called "Multi- 
disk" like its predecessor. This is 
because it's only compatible with 
230, 150 and 90Mb cartridges, not 
the older 105, 65, 44 and 35Mb 
carts that nobody much uses any 
more. I'm not weeping over this. 

The Fujitsu DynaMO 230 ex- 
ternal model comes in a much> 
smaller case than the Bernoulli, 
This is partly because it's a 3.5" 
package, and partly because it 
doesn't have a built in power sup- 
ply. On the plus side, this makes it 
neat and easy to fit on your desk; 
on the minus side, it means mov- 
ing it around means you have to 
grab the power supply as well. 

Other side-effects of the MO's 
small case are the dinky slide 
switch on the back to turn it on, 
the somewhat fiddly address/status 
DIP switches instead of the 
Bernoulli's nice address selector 
and termination switch and the sin- 




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gle 50 way Centronics connector. 
TTie single connector means the 
box has to go on tlie end of your 
SCSI chain, or you have to get a 
Y-adaptor. 

The MO disks look like thicker 
3.5" disks, with the read/write tab 
where you'd expect it. Sliding 
back the metal door reveals a baby 
CD, with interesting index markers 
(or something) spaced identically 
on concentric rings, which gives 
the MO a conclusive win in the 
Buck Rogers department. 

The drive eats the disk in con- 
ventional fashion, with a neat 
dual-shutter design that stops dust 
getting in (there's a single shutter 
version too). The MO has a power 
eject feature - with the Bernoulli, 
you just press the button, wait for 
the click and then yank out the 
cart. 

As with the Bernoulli, you can 
stand the Fujitsu drive on its side if 
you like, and like the Bernoulli 
there's a plastic stand included for 
the purpose. 

Setup 

AS before, getting the Bernoul- 
li running was a simple matter of 
setting address and termination 
and partitioning the carts to your 
taste. You can get them Amiga for- 
matted and ready to go, but 1 want 
all my Bernoulli carts to be called 
5: to match my four other parti- 
tions, so the prep program was 
rolled out. Easy as pie. 

The MO was a little more chal- 
lenging. It was originally set up on 
an IBM compatible machine, and 
when I transferred it to the Amiga 
the computer insisted it wasn't a 
disk. After expending about 40 per 
cent of my weekly profanity al- 
lowance, I discovered that DIP 
switch 4 is the one to flick, kids. 
After that, 1 just had to partition 
and format a disk for the Amiga 
(the carts only come in IBM or 
Mac fonnat), which took longer 
than formatting a Bernoulli but not 



an age - certainly less time than 
low level formatting a 20Mb flop- 
tical! 

Vroom! 

In the speed department, the 
new Bernoulli was nothing to 
write home about. When tested 
with Diskspeed 4.2 with n 150Mb 
cartridge in each drive, the old 
drive was more than twice as fast 
at creating files. The new drive 
was a tad slower on file opens, 
scans and deletes, too, and was al- 
so humiliated by a factor of two or 
more in the file create and write 
data transfer speeds. File reads 
were better, thanks to the new, 
larger onboard cache, but the 230 
still lost overall. This behaviour is 
reminiscent of the 150 when fed a 
90Mb cai't - it works, but slowly. 

With a 230Mb cartridge, the 
230 was, overall, the equal of the 
150. No quantum leaps have been 
made here. The documentation 
boasts a 20% transfer increase 
over the 150; it didn't show on the 
GVP Series II controller I tested. 
When I gave the drive a punt on an 
A3000 SCSI controller, it got 
around a 40% taster score on data 
transfer. Remember that there are 
lies, damned lies, statistics and 
benchmarks; your mileage may 
vary. The moral of the speed tests 
is simple. If you're using a 230 for 
speed critical applications, ILke an- 



imation playback or heavy duty 
audio recording, use a 230Mb cart. 
Otherwise, it doesn't really matter, 
since even with a 1 50Mb cart the 
230 's tolerably quick. My slaver- 
ing monster 1Gb DEC hard drive 
beats it handily on everything ex- 
cept file deletions, but I'm not 
about to handle the DEC with any- 
thing other than kid gloves. 

As the accompanying graphs 
show, the MO lost out in the speed 
stakes, as you'd expect it to. While 
it's got a better cache built in 
{check out the seek/read test), MO 
write operations require three 
passes - an erase pass, a write pass 
and a verify pass. You can turn off 
the verify, but only if you feel 
lucky. Reading only takes one 
pass, but as the graphs show the 
bigger physical size of the 
Bernoulli didn't slow it. The MO 
was quite tolerable to use. You'd 
only quibble about the speed dif- 
ference if you were crazy to record 
multi-track audio, or play big ani- 
mations. But, for the record, the 
Bernoulli is conclusively faster. 

Toughness 

Both drives have hairier chests 
than any Syquest, but the Bernoul- 
li wins. Five years warranty on 
drive and disk, a mechanism that 
can work while you're shaking the 
drive like a maraca and carts 
which are rated for an eight foot 




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drop onto concrete. 

The MO is only rated for a 2G 
operating shock (translation - not a 
lot) or 0.3G vihration. It also 
doesn't work if it's more than 15 
degrees off from the horizontal, 
according to the docs, This doesn't 
mean that whacking the MO while 
it's working will destroy your disk, 
or even create a disk error, but it 
will interrupt data flow. To most 
people this isn't a major considera- 
tion, but if you're playing a demo 
animation in front of Important 
Client and some stumblebum el- 
bows your drive and I.C. gets to 
see "Volume MOl: has a check- 
sum error..." - you get the picture. 

The MO documentation also 
warns not to move the drive with a 
disk in, or move it after manually 
ejecting a disk when the heads are 
still in the operating position. I 
regularly toss my Bernoulli around 
with a disk in, and it'd be easy to 
forget the caution since the MO 
drive doesn't leave any disk stick- 
ing out to remind you. 

The only thing the MO has 
over the Bernoulli in the resilience 
department is its superior magnetic 
stability. If you work in an envi- 
ronment where floppies develop 
mystery faults all the time, bear 
this in mind, but given the Iomega 
claims about the magnetic re- 
silience of their media, it could be 
a moot point. 

Realistically, I don't know how 
much genuine abuse either drive 
can take. I don't know if the MO 
drive kills its carts if you leave 
them in and then juggle the drive; I 
don't know what happens if you 
spill coffee into a Bernoulli. This 
is because beating review product 
to death with a claw hammer 
makes it really difficult to get 
more review product in the future. 
Sorry about that. But on paper, the 
Bernoulli's way tougher. Remem- 
ber, both eat Syquests tor break- 
fest. 




The bottom line 

Pricewise, BemouUis are now 
rather attractive. A Transportable 
230 with one cart is $1150. $1050 
for the internal with one cart, You 
can get a Dual 230 (two drives, 
one box) for $2100, and 230Mb 
carts are $250. The cart price is 
only a little more than that of the 
150s, which, again, echoes the sit- 
uation a year ago when 90Mb carts 
actually cost MORE dian 150s 
thanks to the usual corporate quag- 
mire of production, stockpiles, re- 
tooling and incentive pricing. 

The cheapest price you can get 
a DynaMO for is SI 350, but that 
gets you an internal model with no 
cart. Nothing but the drive. To get 
the external drive with one cart 
costs $1697 retail from Fujitsu; 
street prices may well be lower, So 
far the MO looks somewhat 
turkey-hke, until you realise that 
the carts only cost $79. 

So let's do the math. For the 
price of a MO with one cart you 
can get a Bernoulli with three, and 
$47 change. But if you want, say, 
six cart.s, the MO will cost you 
$2092 and the Bernoulli a cool 



$2400. You can probably get a dis- 
count on bulk cart purchases for 
the Bernoulli, but then you can 
probably get the MO cheaper too. 

So weigh it up. If your only 
criterion is price, run with the herd 
and get a bargain Syquest. Treat it 
with respect and it']! last. But if 
you're carrying the disk around a 
lot, or using them for important 
backups, you don't want a Syquest 
unless you're forced to use one. 

In the long term the MO wilt 
cost you less, but the Bernoulli's 
faster and scores more Rambo 
points. Both are quite affordable, 
when you take into account what 
this sort of storage cost a few years 
ago. 

The clincher for my last 
Bernoulli review was that I liked it 
so much that I bought one; consid- 
er this a repeat. The big black 
disks get my vote. 

Many thanks to Digipic Pro- 
ductions ((02) 948 2766) for the 
Bernoulli, and to Fujitsu (02) 410 
4555 for the MO, 

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> I was explaining txj a friend the 
other day about how I was using 
my Amiga to access the Internet. 
"Your Amiga? I thought the Inter- 
net was only IBM/Mac compati- 
ble!" 

When I recovered from my fit 
of hilarity, 1 explained the follow- 
ing to him: 

The Internet started many years 
ago as a project of the American 
Department of Defense, The 
scientists wanted a way to share 
with colleagues at different places 
all around the country their 
information and latest research 
about the best ways to blow people 
up. So they came up with 
ARPANET. The clever thing about 
ARPANET was that there was no 
"central" node... if one computer 
was down, the network could 
always find another way to route 
information around so it could get 
where it needed to go. This meant 
that the Reds couldn't simply 
bomb the main file server and 
bring the network to its knees. 

So in the beginning, what was 
to become the Internet was made 
up of those huge room-size 
computers you see in movies, 
running operating systems with 
names like TOPS-10 and 
TWENEX, Gradually computers 
got smaller and operating systems 
got better. And then, about 30 




years ago now, came UNIX. 

The protocols that allow all the 
computers "on the net" to talk to 
each other go by the relatively 
unpoetic name of TCP/IP. UNIX 
has TCP/IP built in and thus most 
of the nitty gritty work involved 
with the mechanics of the Internet 
is done by UNIX machines, 

UNIX is one hell of an operat- 
ing system. You can get a version 
for the Amiga, NetBSD, which 
takes roughly ONE HUNDRED 
MEGABYTES of hard disk space 
to install - and doesn't work at all 
uhbless you've got at least a full 
68030 with Memory Management 
Unit, 

UNIX is user spiteful. It relies 
almost totally on a case sensitive 
command line interface for input. 
The names of the commands are 
non-obvious (try and guess what 



"grep" does). However, a UNIX 
system can have one hundred 
users multitasking one hundred 
programs each and rarely ever 
have a fatal crash. After a while 
you get used to the case sensitivity 
and learn the names of the more 
common commands. As UNIX is 
a Real Operating System (tm), you 
can have filenames of arbitrary 
length, shell aliases and scripts and 
as I said, proper pre-emptive 
multitasking... sound familiar? 

Yes, that's right. AmigaDOS is 
the closest thing to UNIX that you 
can get on a home computer with- 
out actually having it (Linux IS 
UNIX on a home computer, but 
you can only get Linux for IBM 
compatibles). This gives the 
Amiga a huge headstart when it 
comes to speeding up the ramp on- 
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Note - using the term "information 
superhighway" these days in- 
stantly identifies you as either a 
wannabe cyberpunk (using the 
word cyberpunk in the same sen- 
tence is even worse) or a techni- 
cally illiterate journalist. Infobahn 
is better, but if you're really cool, 
you call it the "I-way". 

So what do I need to 
connect, then? 

Firstly and most obviously, you 
need an account on a computer 
that has an existing connection to 
the Internet. I am at university so I 
am lucky enough to have an 
account I don't need to pay for 
(HECS fees aside). The most 
common form of account is a 
simple UNIX shell account. You 
start your comms program (I use 
the excellent Term 4.1), dial in, 
type your login name and 
password and are presented with a 
"message of the day" and a prompt 
("%","$" or similar). 

Your Amiga is now acting as a 
dumb terminal, connected to the 
bigger machine which is in turn 
connected to the Internet. Any- 
thing you download (more on diat 
later) will go to your account on 
the UNIX machine. To get files to 
your own machine you must do a 
transfer with "sz" - type in "sz 
< filename " and the remote ma- 
chine will initiate a Zmodem trans- 
fer, which your terminal program 
should respond to automatically. 

This is the most basic way of 
getting your Amiga onto the 'net. 
However it is also the lousiest, as 
all your machine is really doing is 
providing a screen for the host 
UNIX machine. To transfer a file, 
you need to fust download it to 
your account and then sz it to your 
own machine. There is no software 
actually running on your Amiga 
except for the terminal program, 
so you may as well be using a 



cruddy old PC, There has to be a 
better way. 

And there is. It's called Serial 
Line Internet Protocol. With SUP, 
your Amiga is directly connected 
to the Internet. Your machine gets 
its own Internet address (and 
underlying IP number), meaning 
you can set your Amiga up as an 
ftp server, a Multi User Dungeon, 
a World Wide Web server or offer 
Internet connections to other 
people (number of modems 
permitting). SLIP is a little hard to 
procure if you're a university 
student, however It's hard enough 
to get even if you're an academic 
and if you are using a service 
provider for your Internet access 
it's a pretty sure bet that you'll pay 
extra for SLP, I am not lucky 
enough to have a SLIP account yet 
(I may get one next year, fingers 
crossed) so I will say no more until 
I get up and running with it. 

But wait (as the man says), I 
know you want more! There is a 
third solution that combines the 
best of both worlds. It's called 
TIA. Not the coffee flavoured 
liqueur but The Internet Adapter. 
TIA is a program developed by a 
company in America; it runs in 
your UNIX account and fools your 
computer into thinking that you 
have SUP. Pretty neat trick, eh? 
You run your terminal program as 
usual, log in and run TIA. You 
then close your terminal software 
(making sure you keep the carrier) 
and launch the TCP software on 
your Amiga (more on this later). 
You now have SLIP! Vi, 

There are a couple of strings of 
course. Firstly, TIA is not free. 
Anyone can get a copy of the TIA 
binary, but you need a licence code 
(keyfile) to make it run. You can 
get a free licence code that works 
for a 14 day evaluation period, but 
to use it any longer than that you 
must send about SUS30 to 'the 
authors in America, who will then 



send you a licence code sans timer. 
$US30 is incredibly cheap for 
what it allows you to do. 

The next hitch is that your 
computer does not really exist as 
far as the rest of the Internet is 
concerned - ie, my computer 
thinks it is called "fenny, newcas- 
de.edu.au" but if you sent email to 
that address it would bounce, as 
the machine that routes the mail 
does not know about it What this 
means in practice is that TIA is 
very good for getting out, but not 
for getting in - you can't be a real 
ftp server or MUD as you don't 
have your own IP number/Internet 
address. There are a couple of 
clever work-arounds, but they're 
real propeller head stuff. 

If any of you have seen AUW 
(Amiga UNlXWindows - it allows 
you to have many terminal ses- 
sions open over the one phone 
connection), you will have heard 
of MultiLink, mentioned in the 
AUW docs. This will be released 
Real Soon Now and so far as I 
know will provide a TIA-like set- 
up for Amigas exclusively. Watch 
this space. 

If you have TIA or real SUP, 
you need some TCP/IP software 
running on your Amiga before you 
can do anything. There is a 
commercial package (AS225) and 
erm, another commercial package, 
AmiTCF. There has been a bit of 
controversy about this recently, as 
up to version 3,02b AmiTCP had 
been released under the Gnu 
Public Licence (GPL). Version 4 
was then released as annoyware, 
with a rather large shareware fee. 
There was debate about whether 
this was entirely legal according to 
the terms of the GPL. 

Anyway, ferret out a copy of 
AmiTCF3,02b from somewhere 
(maybe easier said than done) and 
you won't owe anyone money. I 
have been using AmiTCP3.02b for 
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noticed any bugs, excqst an ex- 
tremely infuriating one in the in- 
stall script which is quite simple to 
fix if you ask a gum. This brings 
us to my current setup: A UNIX 
shell account, TIA and AraiT 
CP3.02b, 

I'm here now, what can I do? 

The first and most useful thing 
you can do is ftp. The Amiga com- 
munity has been wonderfully 
served in the organisation of its 
public domain software, firstly by 
Mr Fred Fish and now by ami net, 

Aminet is a collection of ftp 
sites that mirror (basically) the 
same library of software. They all 
have the same directory structure, 
with categories from demos/aga to 
text/dtp. Demos of commercial 
software, hardware hacks, music 
mods, animations, utilities, com- 
pilers, games and educational soft- 
ware are all available and easy to 
find. Every file has an accompany- 
ing .readme so you know exactly 
what you are getting. There is a 
RECENT file at every aminet site 
detailing all the uploads in the last 
seven days to that site. There are 
hundreds. Basically, every single 
piece of Amiga PD software that 
has been released is available from 
aminet. 

The master site is ftp.wustl. 
edu, but there are mirrors all 
around the world from ttp.iulh,se 
in Sweden to archie.au in Mel- 
bourne. The archie.au miiror is not 
quite as up to date as I would like, 
so I usually go to ftp.netnet.net 
which I have found to be quite fast 
and current. 

When you have your Amiga 
connected directly to the net you 
find your first advantage: by 
ftp'ing directly to your own hard 
drive you skip the "sz" step, 
cutting the download time in half. 

While you're at aminet, have a 
look at aniinet/comm/net where 



you'll find all the software that 
you need to make your machine a 
fully fledged net surfboard. All the 
software I discuss in this article 
can be found there. 

IRC 

Here's one of my favourite 
vices: Internet Relay Chat. Your 
Amiga runs a program called an 
IRC client, which connects to an 
IRC server. That IRC server is 
connected to other IRC servers 
around the world, and in turn to 
many clients like yours. When you 
start your IRC client you join a 
channel, such as #amiga. Whatev- 
er you type is immediately sent 
around the world (as soon as you 
hit return) to everybody who is on 
that particular channel. Whatever 
they type is sent to your screen. 
The Amiga has the nicest IRC 
client available on any platform, 
no contest. Its called Grapevine 
and is available from aminet/ 
comm/net. You can join as many 
channels as you like, each in their 
own window. There is a floating 
toolbar with icons for the most 
commonly used IRC functions, 
like joining and leaving channels, 
kick, op, ping and whois. 

Besides looking much nicer 
and being easier to use than ERCII 
(the UNIX IRC client that every- 
one else has). Grapevine rurming 
on your Amiga is many orders of 
magnitude faster to use. If you are 
running IRCIl from your UNIX 
account, every chai^cter you type 
must go from your Amiga to the 
UNIX machine and then back to 
your machine before it is displayed 
on your screen. If you touchtype 
you can get quite ahead of your- 
self. Using Grapevine, you edit 
each line locally before you hit re- 
turn for it to be transmitted, so ev- 
erything appears more fluid. 

Grapevine can be made to 
work over a normal shell account 
as well as SLIP or TLA. with a 




small program included in the 
archive. This should be the first 
piece of software you install after 
you get your machine connected - 
it is very, very good. Be warned: 
IRC is extremely addictive - online 
time on IRC expands to fill the 
free time you have available. It 
ain't half fun though! 

As 1 mentioned earlier, there is 
an #amiga channel on ERC, usually 
with about 30-40 users online at 
any one time. By joining #amiga 
and asking politely you can 
usually find an answer to any 
given Amiga related question. It is 
also a wonderful source of up to 
date news on "the Commodore 
situation", although it is not a good 
idea to specifically ask if anyone 
has bought Commodore - the 
question wears a bit after the nth 
asking. 

It's not always idle chit-chat ei- 
ther. Recently there was an online 
conference with one of the CEI 
managers, where everyone had an 
opportunity to ask questions about 
the direction CEI would take with 
the Amiga if they won the compa- 
ny. Another nifty feature of 
#amiga is the resident bot, mama. 
She has a direct connnection to the 
aminet archive at ftp, luth.se, so 
you can send messages to her and 
ask her to find and send you files. 
She can store messages to other 
#amiga regulars, tell you when 
somebody was last around, play 
russian roulette and even go swim- 
ming (try "/msg mama swim")! 

The World Wide Web 

If you have had your head 
fintily inserted into a bucket for 
the last six months, you may not 
have heard of the World Wide 
Web. The WWW could be likened 
to a global Amigaguide; you click 
on a highlighted word and a relat- 
ed page of information pops up. 
Unlike Amigaguide however, the 
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thing from a page of text to a 
sound sample to an MPEG movie, 
and could come fi"om anywhere 
around the globe. To navigate this 
sea of interconnected information, 
you need a WWW browser. 

The browser is the client soft- 
ware which runs on your machine 
and retrieves and displays the 
pages you select. The WWW 
browser that was mainly responsi- 
ble for the recent explosion in pop- 
ularity of the web is Mosaic, fte- 
vious browsers had been text 
based and relatively boring to look 
at. Mosaic brought a graphical in- 
terface to the web, allowing GIF, 
MPEG and sound files as part of 
documents all with a nice graphi- 
cal user interface. It was originally 



available for X (a UNIX GXJI sys- 
tem), Mac and Windows, and now 
there's an Amiga version. 

Although Amiga Mosaic is still 
under development, it's quite 
adequate for most net surfers. It 
supports in-line GIF images under 
Workbench 3,x and other file 
formats (JPEGS, Sun .au sounds, 
MPEG movies and so on) can be 
displayed via external programs. It 
has an AREXX interface allowing 
you to add a hotlist of frequently 
visited pages, and it allows you to 
do all the other neat Mosaic-ish 
things like read usenet news and 
do ftp transfers. 

All isn't wine and roses in the 
AMosaic department however. It 
does not yet support forms (the 



latest browsers allow you to enter 
information such as votes and 
comments into a form on a WWW 
page), but this is a priority in the 
next release. It is also a bit 
unstable sometimes, but this may 
have something to do with the next 
downer - AMosaic uses Magic 
User Interface (MUI), which in my 
opinion is A Bad Thing, The only 
reason I keep MUI installed on my 
machine is so 1 can run Amosaic. 
That says a lot for AMosaic. 

There are comers of the web 
that contain huge amounts of in- 
formation for Amiga users. Mama 
has her own home page (ht- 
tp : // w w w. ludd.luth . se/ ~pj otr/ 
mama.cgi) and there is a general 
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mjw/Computer/Amigaj' What- 
sNew.html) and a Grapevine page 
(http://warp.cryogenic.com/ -billc/ 
grapevine.html). You can even get 
an online hypertext vei^ion of the 
second best Amiga magazine, 
Amiga Report (there's a link to it 
from the Amiga home page). 

There is much more informa- 
tion out there on topics as diverse 
as nuclear physics, juggling and 
indie music - there is even a whole 
album of music on line available 
to download (http;//drjones.next. 
com .au : 80/music/indie-oasis/) . It 's 
possible to spend hours and hours 
jumping from link to link just ex- 
ploring cyberspace with no partic- 
ular purpose in mind. The WWW . 
is the area of the Internet undergo- 
ing the most rapid expansion at the 
moment, for both business and 
pleasure. The multimedia nature of 
the Amiga puts us in the prime po- 
sition to enjoy this. 

No news is good news? 

Usenet news is the next wave 
to ride. Usenet is a collection of 
discussion groups that are dis- 
tributed to sites all around the wor- 
ld. "News" is really a bit of a mis- 
nomer - if you want real news like 
you see on TV you have to join 
CompuServe and pay for it. Usenet 
news is more like the letters to the 
editor page. An infinite source of 
nimour, ideas, conversation, hu- 
mour and flamage. 

It is possible to read news lo- 
cally on your Amiga. Gm (Gad- 
tools readnews) can be set up to 
fetch articles from your local news 
server or read news that has been 
sent to your machine via UUCP, I 
have not set Gm up on my Amiga 
yet, as I often read news from 
dumb terminals all around the 
campus direct from my account 
and find it simpler to do it from a 
terminal program when I am at my 
Amiga. This also alleviates the 



problem of having two different 
and out of sync .newsrc files. 

There's a whole list of news- 
groups in the comp.sys.amiga.* 
heirachy: games, hardware, misc, 
datacomm, graphics, emulators, 
advocacy and more, each witii 
hundreds of postings a day. 

You can get heaps of enjoy- 
ment out of groups like 
comp.sys.amiga, advocacy if you 
don't take them too seriously - the 
whole purpose of this group is for 
Amiga users to argue with every- 
one else about whose system is the 
best. Rational, logical arguments 
are rare - most topics degenerate 
into slurs, about personal habits 
and ideologies within a few days. 



If you want to let off some steam 
at some of those poor, stupid PC 
users though, this is the perfect 
place. 

There is an aus.comp.amiga 
newsgroup for local Amiga hap- 
penings and also an alt.religion. 
amiga for contemplating the guru. 
Alt.binaries.pictures, supermodels 
(while not stricdy an Amiga relat- 
ed group), is a great source of 
JPEG pictures with which to show 
off your AGA machine. If you 
have any hobbies outside of your 
Amiga, you can bet there's a 
newsgroup for discussion of them, 
from boating to origami. 

D 




sz: Send using Zmodem protocol. One of a suite of UNTX^ 
commands (including sx and others) used for transferring files across 
a serial link. 

MUD: Multi User Dungeon. Like a big adventure game where many 
of the characters are other buErians. One of the many ways to waste 
time and network resources. 

ftp: File Transfer Protocol, A way of shifting files around between 
computers that are connected to the Internet. Some machines (called 
"ftp sites") are set up to house large libraries of software free for the 
taking, via ftp. 

IP number: Every network address has a corresponding IP number 
- Shis Is a 32 bit number that all the TCP/IP software actually uses to 
figure out what goes where. Everj' machine that has a proper net 
coimection has its own unique IP. 

Annoyware: Shareware that intermittently pops up annoying 
requesters as encouragement for you to register - when you send the 
cash, you get a version of the software without the requesters. 

GPL: The copyright notice ('General Public License') carried by 
GNU EMACS (a UNIX editor) and other software granting free 
reproduction rights to all, 

IRC bot: Short for robot, an IRC bot is a program that appears ^ a 
normal user on an IRC channel. They can do usefiil things like send 
you files and play poker or they can be a downright pain in the butt. 
Mama is one of the good ones. 

flamage: More aguing goes on in Usenet than any other medium 
known to man. It may have something to do with the anonymity of 
the net, or the ease of composing a message before you can thin 
better of it, but for whatever reason arguments make up a large 
proportion of Usenet traffic. When these arguments turn into 
persona] slanging matches rather than rational debate they are called 
flames. Thus many flames is flamage. 

newsrc: The file that keeps track of the Usenet articles you have 
and have not read. 



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► Firsl in the news this month, 
Xetec, well known amongst many 
C64/128 users as the manufacturer 
of the Super Graphics printer inter- 
faces, has announced that it will no 
longer be producing these or any 
other peripherals for the C64/128. 
The Super Graphics and Super 
Graphics Jnr interfaces were de- 
signed to allow regular Amiga and 
PC-compatibie parallel printers to 
be used with a C64 without special 
software drivers. 

Living Proof Ltd has an- 
nounced a minor upgrade for their 
popular CI28 package I-Paint, I- 
Paint is considered by some to be 
the best graphics program for the 
128, allowing designs to be creat- 
ed in interlace mode. Most of the 
new features of VI. 5 relate to new 
or updated printer drivers- 
Living Proof's other popular 
128 package, 1-Port, has had a 
similar upgrade. I-Port is a com- 
prehensive graphics conversion 
utility, allowing the exchange of 
graphics files between most major 
packages on the C64, as well as 
handling the popular GIF and IFF 
formats from the PC and Amiga 
respectively. 

MAIL 

A. J. Parker of Emerald QLD 

writes: 

"Dear Sir, I write to seek your 
advice re maintenance for ray C64. 
I have found it hard to locate re- 



pairers for C64 equipment and am 
wondering where 1 might contact 
one. My particular problem is a 
dead 1541 disk drive. Would you 
please advise if you know the 
names and addresses of any repair- 
ers? 

"Also, do you know of an 
adaptor that would enable me to 
use a 1541 disk drive and a Com- 
modore DPSllOl daisy wheel 
printer with an Amiga computer? 

I have thought of changing 
&om €64 to Amiga, but the inabil- 
ity to use ail of my present C64 
files and my printer which is still 
in good order has been off-putting. 
1 enquired of Commodore last year 
(no information) and a user group 
(no answer)." 

Regarding your problem with 
the 1541, in all honesty most C64 
equipment these days isn't worth 
repairing, and this is particularly 
the case with the 1541. Although 
there are people out there willing 
to repair them for you, it often 
costs more than replacement with 
a second-hand drive in good 
condition. I'd suggest checking 
your local trading post or second 
hand shop. Garage sales are also 
often a good source of bargain 
C64 equipment. 

Interfacing your existing C64 
equipment to an Amiga requires a 
program called TheA64 Package. 

This is a shareware package 
for the Amiga that contains a 
complete C64 emulator which will 
run must C64 titles.When you 
register The A64 Package through 
the United States author you'll 
receive a specially designed cable 
for connecting between your 
Amiga and your C64 disk drive 
and printer. 

Although this option works, it's 
more than you need to simply 
transfer your old word processing 
and other data files over to your 



new Amiga. There are several 
ways of doing this. 

If you're not experienced with 
null modem cables and terminal 
software, contact Code One on 
(047) 57 3982, who will do the 
necessary transfers and transla- 
tion for a small fee. 

Gordon O'Toole of Yeronga 
QLD writes; 

"Dear Owen, I think your 
column is very good, and it is the 
only reason that 1 buy ACAR. 

"I t hink that the Amiga has not 
completely taken over as most 
people would have you think. I 
think that the C64 is not dead by 
any stretch of the imagination. 
There is still a lot of support out 
there if you know where to look. 

"I am a member of several C64 
clubs in Australia, am very much 
up to date on what is happening in 
Australia in the C64 world and 
have about 1,200 disks. 1 also have 
a list of places that still support the 
C64 in Australia, 

"Could you please send me a 
list of all of the past issues of the 
C64 Column?" 

As I've written previously, the 
C64 is still a popular machine. 
Although they can no longer be 
purchased new, they are hotly 
traded at markets and garage, 
sales, and this has led to a new 
generation of C64 fans. 

I don't have a complete index 
of past C64 Cobimns, but I am 
currently in the process of compil- 
ing all of the previous columns 
along with a large amount of new 
material into book form, which 
will be available soon. Watch this 
space. 

Gordon asks that anyone wish- 
ing to contact him writes directly 
to 1 Mil Hospital, Kadumba St, 
Yeronga QLD 4104. 

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I Last month, I showed you a rel- 
atively cheap and easy way of ac- 
cessing the Internet, either via 
commercial services like Dialix 
around Australia or hobby systems 
like Maclnsanity if you're lucky 
enough to find one that operates 
local to you. But getting Internet 
access is only the first hurdle. 
Knowing what to do with that ac- 
cess once you have it is another 
story altogether. 

Tine problem with most Inter- 
net Hccess providers is that the ma- 
jority run their systems under an 
operating system called UNIX. 
While not an extremely diificutt 
system to master for most comput- 
er literate people, it's different 
enough to AmigaDOS to be con- 
fusing. 

Along those lines, this issue 
gives you some gciienil hints and 
tips 10 help you start finding your 
way around with a shell only 
(CLl) type Internet account, 

Internet L Platers Start 
Here! 

Internet access has been getting 
a lot of publicity of late, mainly 
because there is so much info and 
goodies to be gleaned. 

Now that quite a few of you 
will be looking into establishing 
your own Internet accounts, you'll 
obviously not want to spend too 
much time online trying to figure 
out the basics. 

Services like Dialix generally 



offer access via a shell. This is a 
command line interface just like 
your AmigaDOS prompt, where 
you issue UNIX type commands 
to perform the funcliorLS you wish 
to access, like downloading, enter- 
ing IRC (Internet Relay Chat - sec 
the info about IRC in the Novem- 
ber/Dec etnber AGAR) and so on. 

When your Internet account is 
established and you've logged on 
for the first time, you'll be 
presented with a dollar ($) prompt 
which follows the display of your 
own personal directory. Something 
like this, in the case of my own 
account at Dialix Melbourne: 
/user/aleniariy$_ 

From here you can access any 
function or service made available 
to you from your Internet provider. 
This is where it's obviously handy 
to know the commands available 
to you, Most providers will pro- 
duce a help screen if you type 
"Help" (without the quotes). 

If this doesn't work, try using a 
question mark (?) instead. If com- 
prehensive help is not available at 
your access site, the following list 
of commands should help you get 
started. 

Note that when I say "home di- 
rectory" in the listings beiow, 1 am 
talking about the directory you arc 
allocated by your provider on the 
Internet system you have joined. 

Common email editors 

To send and read private 
Email, you need to use an online 
editor which your site has set up. 
ELM and PINE are common ones 
most sites should have; PINE is far 
more user friendly. If neither of 
those commands brings up an edi- 
tor, try entering the command 
MAIL instead. Once in the editor, 
look for a help function. I f all else 
fails, approach your system ad- 
ministrator and ask politely for 
some help! 



File transfer 

rx - Upload a file to yoni hcMne 

directory with the XModem 

transfer protocol. 

rz - Upload a file to your home 

directory with the ZModem 

transfer protocol. 

sx - Download a file from yonr 

home directory with the XModem 

transfer protocol. 

sz - Download a file from your 

home directory with the ZModem 

transfer protocol. 

Other commands 

rm - Delete / remove a file from 
your home directory, 
cd - Change Directory, just like 
AmigaDOS (optional in Amiga- 
DOS from 2.0 onward). 
Is - Gives you a short list of fUes in 
any given directory. 
1 - Same as the Is command, but 
win normally give a more detailed 
and comprehetisivc listing of a di- 
rectorys contents, showing files 
which the Is command won't, 
who - Show's who is online, 
w - Same as who except will also 
show you what they're doing, 
finger - Get infomiation about any 
Internet user, provided he's config- 
ured his account to allow you to 
view such information. This also 
works on remote (other sites) user- 
names too. For example, issuing 
the command 
" f urge r ale niart@ insane . apana .org. au " 

or 
'Tingeraleniart@melboume.diaIix.oz.au" 

would show you my own .plan file 
that I've created at either of my 
access sites. 

talk - Chat to any other online 
user, on any Internet system, h's 
possible to have a private real time 
conversation with anyone in the 
world via this command. Simply 
issue the command "talk user- 
name@address" to try to establish 
a chat session. 



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nn - Gives you access to network 
news and newsgroups. A mongrel 
of a thing to use, but useful nevcr- 
thtitess until you establish a better 
method of reading/writing to the 
hundreds of available newsgroups, 
gopher - Connects you to the go- 
pher information network. More 
on this great lookup service in fu- 
ture issues. 

ire - Connects you to the Internet 
Relay Chat network, where you 
can chat to dozens of other people 
all over the world at the same 
time, in real time. Loads of fun to 
be had with this one, as described 
n the Nov/Dec AGAR, 
telnet - Make a network connec- 
tion to a remote Internet host any- 
where in the world, just as though 
you had dialed the host with your 
own computer from home. Great 
money saver, but frustratingly 
slow in practical use. More on this 
service in future issues, 
ftp - TTiis stands for File Transfer 
Protocol, and allows you to leech 



aU those great files from available 
flic servers located ail over the 
world. Here are a couple of exam- 
ple sites that carry many things of 
general interest for you to try. Is- 
sue the commands... 
ftp wuarchive.wusit.edu 
OR ftp cdrom.com 
and once connected, start to look 
around using the standard UNIX 
commands I've shown you above. 
In future issues, I'll look at how 
you go use the "get" command to 
transfer files from these and other 
file servers to your provider's ma- 
chine so you can then download 
them to your own. 

Note that you should be 
selective as to what you decide to 
ftp (or download), if your internet 
provider charges for file transfers 
by the byte. Even at lc/1000 bytes, 
it can quickly add up and drain 
your credits. 

cr - If you have an account with 
one of the Dialix systems that we 
showed you in the Nov/Dec issue. 



you can check how much credit 
you have left at any time by using 
this command. 

man - This is at least one helpful 
feature of UNIX. If you want more 
info on any UNIX command, sim- 
ply type 'man' followed by the 
command you want more info on. 
If there is help available for the 
command, you'll get it via a brief 
text description and command syn- 
tax. Look forward to more discus- 
sion about Internet access in the 
coming months of Online. 

Feedback 

Send your ideas and questions 
to: Online Amiga, C/- Andrew Le- 
niart. PO Box 1060, Hoppers 
Crossing Vic 3029. 

Or on Andy's Attic BBS:(03) 
749 4897, 3:633/106 @ Fidonet, 
41:300/106 @Amiganet. 

Or via email at ale- 
niart@LnsaDe.apana.org,au on the 
Internet. 

□ 



C64 column contimued . . . 

Wiesiek Szydlowski of West 
Pymble NSW writes: 

"Dear Owen, After years of 
using my faithful Commodore 64 I 
have to tell him GOODBYE! 

"Something for the enthusiastic 
person: Two Commodore 64 (old 
and new model), 10S4 monitor 
(two years old), 1541 disk drive, 
datasette, WICO joystick, Net- 
comm modem, Star NXLIOOO 
colour printer with GEOS cable. 

"Accessories: Light pen, games 
controllers, various software car- 
tridges. Plenty of original software 
including almost all GEOS titles, 
programming languages like 
COBOL 64, Pilot, Becker BASIC 
for GEOS and more. 

Additionally, CP/M Z80 car- 
tridge with excellent Nevada 
COBOL. Manuals, 64 books and 



magazines - ACAR, RUN, etc. AU 
includes cabling, stands, screen fil- 
ter and other gadgets. Thank you 
for long support of the 64. Long 
live the king." 

Any reader wishing to pur- 
chase this system should contact 
Wiesiek Szydlowski direct by call- 
ing (02) 440 8536 or by writing to 
34 Wyomee Avenue, West Pymble 
NSW 2073. 

Terry Baker of Bankstown 
NSW writes: 

"Dear Owen, As a long time 
C64/Amiga owner I have finally 
been swamped by the PC. Work 
commitments and my son's school 
activities necessitate an update to a 
PC, therefore it is with much 
regret that 1 am forced to get rid of 
all my games for the C64. All 
games are on disk, and I would 
like to sell the lot as a boxed set 



that would set up a C64 user for a 
long, long time. A user group may 
be interested in taking the lot and 
spreading the cost. Asking price is 
a minimum $500." 

Terry included a list of the 
40-odd titles, but sadly there 
wasn't enougli room to print them 
here. For a list of what Terry has to- 
offer, contact him directly by 
writing to 3/5_13 Dellwood Street, 
Bankstown NSW 2200 or by 
telephoning him after 7 PM 
Sydney time on (02) 790 5374. 

That just about wraps up this 
edition of The C64 Column. As 
always, I'd love to hear from you. 
Send your questions, comments 
and suggestions to me care of The 
C64 Column, PO Box 288, 
Glade^ville NSW 2111 or via fido 
netmaU at 3:713/888.999. 

Q 



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Amiga questions 

Congratulations on an extremely in- 
formative and entertaining magazine. 
Well done; keep up the sterling work in 
these tough times. 

1 have a few questions. 

1) How much will an A5000 cost? 

2) Can you get the Eiffel program- 
ming language on the Amiga? 

3) When is the next Amiga show and 
where? 

Robert Sckaftlein 

Ed: Thanks for the encouragement, 
Robert. In answer to your questions: 

1) Since both Commodore UK and 
CEI say they've no plans to produce 
Amigas (as we know them) beyond the 
proposed 4000/060, there won't be a 
5000. 

Future RISC based machines from 
the makers of the Amiga might carry the 
Amiga name, hut there's no pressing 
reason for them to, 

2) No. Well, maybe you can, but we 
don't know where. It's not in die Fish li- 
brary. 

3) Who knows. It's likely, assuming 
Commodore UK or CEI get the Amiga 
technology, that the old World of Com- 
modore shows will be on again at Dar- 
ling Harbour, Sydney, but nobody's mak- 
ing plans that detailed yet 

A1200 RAM 

Can you tell me if there are any RAM 
boards available for less than $500 for 
the Amiga 1200? 

Calum Winning, 
Rockingham Qld 

Ed: Yes, we CAN tell you. NEXT! 

Oh, you want to know if there IS such 
a board? Yes, (here is. NEXT! 

What? You again? The NAME? Oh, 
all right. The DKB 1202 ought to suit 
you; it's a RAM hoard with a socket for 
a 20MHz 6S882 maths coprocessor, and 
you should be able to get one with 4Mb 
of RAM and no coprocessor for about 



$500. The RCA RAM expansion boards 
might be a bit cheaper - they can take a 
68882, too. 

But be careful - using a board like 
this means you can 't fit an accelerator 
or SCSI interface without getting rid of 
the old board. 

Disgruntled correspondent 

I wrote to you on two previous occa- 
sions and have received no answer or 
"even an acknowledgement to date. I fi- 
nally received the November edition of 
Amiga Review on the 5th of December 
1994. What happened to the article on 
DOS 3. 1 promised in the October edi- 
tion? I hope you will now pay me the 
courtesy of answering my queries. 

Lionel Robinson, 
Queanbeyan NSW 

Ed: The last 1994 AGAR was the 
November/December edition, as made 
plain on the cover and inside. We did 
this because, following the ownership 
switch half way through the year, we 
hadn't been able to make up the time 
lost in the changeover and ACAR was 
coming out very late. 

The October ACAR was late enough 
to be November, so we skipped an issue 
to get back on time. Naturally, sub- 
scribers will still get the number of is- 
sues they paid for. 

The DOS 3.1 article didn't run in rfre 
Nov/Dec issue because the machine we 
tested it on had an old hard drive, which 
caused the new ROMs to lock the SCSI 
device and paralyse the system on start- 
up. 

By the time we figured this out, it was 
too late for that issue. The article, and 
another on PC-Task .% would have run 
this month, but we ran out of space! This 
is also why some regular columns are 
missing in this Annual edition; the BBS, 
dealer, repairer and Fish lists displaced 
them. 

Amiga Review receives a lot of corre- 
spondence every month, and we cannot 
reply to ail of it If we do reply, we do it 



here in the Letters section; we don "t send 
personal replies. If this policy, which 
lines up with that of most other maga- 
zines, has caused you offence, we apolo- 
gise. 

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51/4 interna] drive plus 95 brand name floppi^. 

Used for backup. Also suitable for PC. Perfect 
.working condition. $115 neg. Contact Andre on 
(074) 654 377. 



Amiga 500, 1 MB Inc. cables, and TV Modulator, 

Joystick, Mouse, Program software and ganies (8), 
power cable still in box, only used once. Cost 
$800. Sell $450 ono. Ph. 047 571 564. 



80286 Bridge Board for A2000 DOS 3.3 GWBasic, 

Manuals, 31/2 and 51/4 disks, 1 meg RAM $150. 
Phone 065 451545. 

8Mb SIMM - memory for DKB1202, MBX12002, 

WARP ENGINE etc. - any expansion that takes 
standard 72 pin SIMM's, Fast 60uS memory, 
$425. Will accept trade in on 4 Mb SIMM. Phone 
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AlOOO - The original! I'll cry when it goes! 

Computer, mouse and keyboard - $100 Memory - 
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A1200, 120 MB HD, 12 Gauge Ace. 50MHz, 

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Super Graphix Jr new $80 512 K RAM cartridge 
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Phone Mynon (02) 365 2820. 

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digitiser and software, Digipaint and Elan 
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Ask for Michael. 

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incl. printer $1700. Ph 08 262 7136 after 5 pm. 
Ask for Kay. 

For Sale: A500 with WB 2.1, a total of 2.3 Mb of 
RAM, one external drive and all relevant 
software. $350 ono. Phone George: 02-547 1959 
most days or after 8.30 any evenings. 

Imagine 3.0, original disks and manual as new, 

registration transferable to your name, S300. Mark 
02 7505195 or 02 8050111. 

Logic Games, new TAD Charity disk features 

TAD Tiles (Shanghai game with many tilesets & 
layouts). Also Atomshoot & 6 other logic games. 
To order, send $6 plus $2 for postage to Amiga 
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St, ACT2606. 

M1230XA accelerator for A1200 running at 

33MHz FPU (for graphics program which use it). 
Makes A 1200 run faster than A3000. Used to run 
Real 3D V2. 4 months old. As new $450. Phone 
(07) 378 8927 after hours. 

MAESTRO 144 FM Modem. Only 6 months old - 

still under warranty - as new with JR-Comm 
software. Speeds up to 14400 BPS for Fax/Data 
$260. Phone Ron Burman (09) 351 2015. Mon-Fri 
0700 hrs - 1400 hrs. 

ProWrite 3.0 wordprocessor with text and 
graphics capabilities, original disks and manual, 
$40. Mark 02 7505195 or 02 8050111. 

Pyramid B & Wl Greyscale Hand scanner with 

printer switching box $190. Cutting edge 
"Macintosh" external Double Density Floppy disk 
drive, with interface to suit Emplant or Amax 
$150. Phone (002) 240883 ah, or email 
pgee@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au. 

Real 3D V2, all manuals, disks and dongle. 
Excellent condition, $450 ono, IBM rendering 
module for Real 3D. Allows rendering to be 
carried out on IBM computers. Excellent 
condition, $200 ono. Sell both together for $600. 
Call (079) 221184. 



SAS/C V6.0 Original disks and manuals, ROM 

Kernel manuals, libraries, includes and Autodocs. 
Abacus books, Amiga C for Beginners and Amiga 
C for Advanced Programmers ^00.00. Sarina Qld 
(079) 566 278 

Scala MM300, Original software, manual and 
dongle $300 ADPRO 2.5, original disks and 
manual $150 FPU (maths co-processor) for 
A4000/030 and 33MHz Crystal $120 ph: (049) 
252 533. 

Sell or swap: Beholder 2, Conquests of Longbow, 

Cruise Corpse - $30, Black Crypt, Search for 
King, Space 2.1 (enhanced). Knights of Sky - $25; 
Op Stealth, F-29, FA- 18, Lotus 2, Last Ninja 3, 
Chips Challenge $15. Lots More. Write for list to 
D Smith. 19 Hibiscus Ave, Brooms Head NSW 
2463,066 467 174. 

Stardust, Cannon Fodder, $25 ea. TtoUs CD32, 

Overkill and Lunar-C CD32, Fl, BOTE 2, $20 ea. 
Project-X (revised), Zool, Rodland, Anarchy, 
Aicatraz, Amnios, Bonanza Bros, Simulacra, $10 
ea or all for $150 (save $50). Call (02) 665 2276 
or write to Steven Bums, 2A Arden St, Waverley, 
NSW, 2024. 

Urgent Sale: 1Mb PCMCIA Credit Card Memory 

with battery for A600/A1200 and King's Quest 5. 
Both in original condition. Cost $170. Sell for 
$130. Call Alex on (02) 833 1221. 

WANTED - CDTV titles especiaUy Music with 

Graphics Please phone Rod 02 524 8314 (A/H) or 
Fax list 02 540 4985. 

Wanted to Buy: Amiga 500 software. Must be 

original and under $20.00 each. Prefer games and 
utilities on disk but nothing expensive or pirated 
will be considered. Phone (06) 2666 221 (8 am - 4 
pm). 

WANTED. Amiga Fonts (50fl version only) 

"Japanese" style eg. English letters in "Brush Pen 
Kanji" style script. Ph. 08 261 7604. Not between 
4-6pm SA time. 

Wanted, Beneath a Steel Sky, Monkey Island 2, 
Star Trek 25tli Anniversary, Kings Quest 2 and 
Kings Quest 6 for Amiga 500. AGA Graphics 
board for $50 and hard drive (30meg.s -40megs) 
for $50. Phone (043) 246097 or write to 23 
Bluewater Parade, Tascott. 

XETEC Printer interface for 64. Supports all 

major printers $30, ADIDE hard drive interface 
for Amiga 500 or 2000 $50. Jim Nagle, 9 Rickard 
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Ads appearing for second month 
Accelerator for the Amiga 1200, the A 1230 Turbo + 
Pertbrmance Series 11, new, never been used $850. 
Phone Ken or Vanessa (089) 471850. 

Alien Breed II + Apache $25. The settlers $30. 

Phone Dave on (06) 282 4934. 

1 

Amiga 3000/040: 8Mb RAM, lOOMb HD, ext 3.5 

& 5.25 drives. Call Peter on (050) 345 213 or fax 
(050)345 217. 

Amiga 500 (1Mb), Colour "Stereo" Monitor, 
Colour printer, Action Replay 3 cartidge, Manuals 
etc. Buy this month and receve a mobile phone 
(brand new) FREE, Genuine ad, ring daytime 
only. Carlos (06) 266 6221. $1500 ono. 

Amiga 600 for sale, 2Mb RAM, battery backed up 

clock, Zool, Jaguar XJ220, Magic Pockets, Race 
Drivin", Joystick, Mouse and 50 PD Games, 
Manuals; '^magazines. Excellent condition. $400 
ono. (066) 425468 and ask for Anthony. 

Attention Amiga 3D artists! Are you into Imagine, 

Lightwave or Real3D'? Then, AGASIE is for you. 
Meet your fellow 3D gurus, exchange ideas, 
objects and information. We meet monthly in 
Kirrawee in Sydney. For more information, 
contact either Nik Vukovljak on (02) 805 0932 or 
Michael Williamson on (02) 545 4572. 

CD-ROM titles for sale, GIFS GALORE 

CD-ROM (October 1993 version) runs on all 
known CD-ROM eqiupped computers for $45, 
and Psycho Killer, which runs on both IBM & 
Amiga computers for $40. Contact: Shane 
Robertson, 14 Sonoma Rd Budgewoi NSW 2262 
or phone (043) 992 437. 

For Sale - 2Mb PCMCIA for A600 + 1200, cost 

$260.00 sell $200.00, PC-Task 2.0 $50.00, & 
MS-DOS 5.0 for PC-Task, only $60.00. Ph (076) 
252 175 and ask for Joy. 

For Sale: A500/A530 40MHz system. 52Mb HD, 

8Mb 32 bit fast RAM, 1Mb chip RAM. 68882 
FPU. GVP PC286 IBM Emulator WB2.1 on 
1.3/2.05 KS Switcher software with manuals. 
Includes Deluxe Paint III, DigiPaint 3.0, Imagine 
V2, Pagesetter and Wordworth VI. $2000 ono. 
Trevor (03) 579 5586, 

For Sale: Amiga 4000/040. Workbench 3.0. 2Mb 
chip RAM, 12 Mb fast RAM. NEC Photo 
CD-ROM. 4008 SCSI Card. 450 Mb Seagate 
HDD. 1 X 3,5" high density floppy. Micro Vitec 
Multisync 14" Monitor. Includes installed 
software but no discs. Must sell $6500 ono. Tel 
(065)411722. 



Laser printer for sale: NEC LC860-(-, 8 pages per 

minute, $780,00, or will consider swapping for an 
A2000. Also wanted, SuperBase Pro4. Phone 
Bankstown(02)708 4403. 

NEC Multisync (VGA) monitor, will do all Amiga 
resolutions, $350. Ring (07) 399 1843 a.sk for Ian. 

OPALVISION main board $700 ono and Fastlane 
Z3, SCSI-2 controller $600 ono (for A4000 only). 
Both cards in excellent condition. Phone/Fax (02) 
519 9102, 

Real 3D Version 2. Brand new, manuals etc. 

included. Under Warranty. Cost $800, sell $550. 
Ph (03) 562 5187. 

Sell or swap, Amiga CD32 games, Whales Voyage, 

Oscar, Diggers & 3 Mag demo CD's. Will swap 
for Banshee, or TFX, CD 3 2 games or others. 
Phone Mick (057) 218 664. (Victoria). 

Vortex Golden Gate Bridgeboard 386 SX-25, 1Mb 
extra RAM $700 ono, 8Mh RAM board - 2Mb 
populated $150 will swap for: A2630 or internal 
double speed CDROM. Phone Jason (09) 459 

, 3701 , Negotiate anything call and do a deal! 

Wanted - Old Commodore 2001 PET (the model 

with the built in cassette player and calculator 
style keyboard) tor computer collection. Call Nick 
(07) 343 7605. 

WANTED: An original copy of the Faery Tale 
Adventure as well as any Ultimas after Ultima IV. 
Please ring Michael on (02) 579 5620 or 
emailu9162828eusw.edu.ad. 

Wanted: Roctec RocGen. Philip Moore. Ph (002) 
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Assembler, AREXX & 
Internet 

I Dear Helpline, I'm having great 
difficulty in three areas. 

I program using Assembler, but 
find it increasingly hard to find 
manuals such as ROM Kemal 
Reference books. Even if I do get 
them, they don't explain the new 
AGA stuff. I only have a 68000 
command manual, and want one 
which tells me all the commands 
for all the processors (68000 to 
68060). Please, how can I get hold 
of such information? Do I need to 
become a registered developer? 

What is the latest version of 
Arexx? I have 1.15 but keep on 
receiving errors when n^ing to run 
programs which use it. 

I have thought about getting a 
modem and hooking up to 
Intemet, but have absolutely no 
idea on how to get into it. How can 
I get in touch with them? What 
would be the best and cheapest 
modem to buy? How much would 
it set me back in phone costs? 
Chris Pauly, 
Geilston Bay, TAS 

Dr Help: To begin with, 
becoming a registered developer 



at the moment is impssible, sine 
there's no local Comodore to 
register with and no overseas 
Commdore that doesn't have a 
great deal more to worry about. 
However, there is help at hand. 
There is a group in Australia 
known as the Australasian Amiga 
Developers Association (AADA), 
to which many reputable compa- 
nies, including my own, belong. 

This group contains many 
programmers and developers, 
many of whom are contactable for 
help. As a group, they also have an 
appointed librarian, in charge of a 
large collection of programmers 
guides and manuals, available to 
members. You can contact them by 
writing to the AADA at GPO Box 
4713, Sydney 2001. 

You could also try tracking 
down a file compiled by English 
demo writers called "How to 
Code". This is in the public 
domain and it outlines the basics 
of AGA, as well as providing 
Assembler hints and tips. 

To get all commands up to 
68060 you should get the 68060 
programmers guide, although you 
may find this a little hard to track 
down. As far as modems are 
concerned, check out our guide to 
buying one in the May 1994 issue. 
For cheap Internet, try the Online 
column in the Nov/Dec issue. 

With a modem you pay for die 
call at normal rates - if you call 
from Tassy to Victoria, you'll be 
paying standard STD rates for as 
long as you are connected. 

You may want to ring some 
local BBS's in Tasmania, and 
bounce your messages off them. 



These are your main costs apart 
from perhaps around $30 per year 
to the board of your choice should 
you want to off er financial support 
for their help. 

If you're not using a local 
board, make sure you get a fast 
modem, which will let you move 
data faster so you'll have to be on 
for less time. 9600 minimum, 
14400 is good, 28800 even better, 
but w'eigh up your costs first, since 
faster modems cost more to start 
with. 

Linking Amiga to PC 
Dear Helpline, Hello all! First of 
all I want you to know that I am a 
dedicated AMIGA User (Even 
though I'm typing this out on an 
IBM)! I'm the type of person who 
leaves messages and grafQti on 
Bulletin boards notifying everyone 
that "Amiga is Best". By the way I 
enjoy your magazine. 

Presently I own an Amiga 
2000HD and mainly use it for 
games and graphics, and work. I 
have decided to buy an IBM 
(Sorry, I'll wash my mouth out). I 
love computers and I just wish to 
have an IBM as well as an Amiga. 
Is that wrong? 

Anyway, I was wondering if 
it's possible to connect bodi 
computers so that you could use 
the two systems as one. 

For example, I have a 
CD-ROM with my IBM. Can I 
somehow, through my Amiga, use 
the CD-ROM? 
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DrHelp: Well personally I DO 
have an Amiga and an IBM on the 
bench side by side. The main 
reason behind this is that I've also 
been doing a lot of IBM training 
lately. Not because I've given up 
on the Amiga - more due to the 
fact that there are many, many 
IBM's out there. 

Sometimes when hunting arowid 
the BBS's (using Term on the 
Amiga}. I decide to download a new 
IBM file or game. 

Nowadays, most IBM files 
come on 1.44Mb disks, hut my 
Amiga only has 880K disk drives 
on it and I also was faced with the 
problem of getting 1.44Mb files 
from my Amiga to my PC. They're 
too big to fit on 880k disks. 

To do it, I use a null modem 
cable connected from the serial 
port of my Amiga to the Corn! port 
of the PC. Then I run a Shareware 
program called Twin Express 
wliich comes in Amiga and IBM 
versions, and type "Twin ser 
115200" on the Amiga. Then "Twin 
Com2 U5200" on the PC, and 
presto, I can copy a file of any size 
from one computer to the other. 
You can also change the default 
local drive on either machine by 
typing in "CD Pathname", so I see 
no reason why you shouldn't be 
able to change the default drive to 
the CD-ROM drive and use the 
PC's CD-ROM to access files from 
the discs. 

You won't be able to run Amiga 
CD software this way, though. 

New Amigas? 

Dear Helpline: I have a bit of 
a problem. As Christmas is 



coming up and hopefully the new 
AAA Amigas, I am not sure what 
to do. Should I buy an IBM, which 
can be bought anywhere and has 
excellent software support, or wait 
for the new Amigas to arrive? 
Even if the new Amigas are good, 
do you think that they could once 
again be popular like they were 
when they first came out? I am 
only a student in year ten and I am 
wondering if you can help me 
make the right decision on which 
computer to buy, 

DK Help: It now seems clear 
that whoever gets the Amiga 
technology, AAA is as good as 
dead. Both the suits and the techs 
seem to agree that AAA, originally 
slated for release 4fi 1991, has 
missed the boat by far too much, 
especially since there's stil no 
Workbench to run on it and 
building one would take another 
year. 

Thanks to this, it seems clear 
that the last Amiga-as-we-know-it, 
the fiirthest the technology can go 
in its present form, is a 68060 
based AG A machine. 

After that, the original Amiga 
designers may come up with some 
amazing new Amiga for the Zlst 
century, but it'll have a 
completely different processor and 
architecture and won 't run the old 
software. 

On the other hand, most who 
use IBMs and Amigas will agree 
that Amigas are much more user 
friendly that IBMs. IBM compati- 
bles are getting over their primi- 
tive drawbacks like the 640k base 
memory limit and eight character 
filenames, but the operating sys- 



tems that do it are either bloated 
or not yet available. 

Check this issue for any further 
updates to the current situation, as 
things may have changed totally 
by the time you read this. We're 
currently expecting a decision at 
any time. 

CDTV Answers 

Dear Helpline, In reply to your 
challenge comer letter Re: CDTV 
Questions, it is a simple task to 
turn your CDTV into a A500. 
Step 1: Disabling the CDTV ROMs. 

After removing the lid of the 
CDTV, locate the removable 
jumper marked JP15, remove the 
jumper and connect 2 wires ftom 
the pins that the jumper was on to 
a switch. 

With the switch in an open 
circuit position on bootup, you 
will be faced with the familiar 
screen of the A500, but you will 
have IMb of chip RAM, 
Step 2: Changing the RAM to 
5 1 2k chip and 512k fast. 

You will need to locate JP4 and 
JPI. Connect a wire to each point 
of JPI and run to a DPST switch, 
use one side, connect one wire to 
the center pin and one to an end 
pin. Next carefully cut the join on 
JP4 and connect three wires to the 
pads. 

Using the other side of the 
switch, connect the wire from 
Agnus pin 59 to the center. 
Connect the wire from the pad that 
was joined originally to die same 
end as you connected the wire 
from JPI , and connect the last wire 
from JP4 to the other pin. 

After doing the above steps 



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you will have a machine that is 
100% compatible with the A500. 
It's even possible to fit a Version 
2.05 kiekstart ROM in the CDTV, 
as long as it is only switched in 
when the CDTV ROMs are 
switched out. 

Mr IM, Chase 
Elizabeth Nth SA. 

Dr Help: Thank you for your 
reply Mr Chase. This letter has 
been reproduced as I received it - 
as with all hardware modifi- 
caitons, if you blow something up 
trying this, don 't blame, sue or as- 
sault Amiga Review or me. 

RAM Expansion 

Dear Helpline, I am 13, and 
have just upgraded my A500 to a 
nice new AI200HD and am de- 
lighted with the speed increase. I 
am now looking at peripherals. I 
have a standard 34cm television 
set, a Hewlett Packard portable 
Deskjet, the Miracle piano teach- 
ing system, the normal 2Mb of 
Chip RAM and the standard 40 
meg IDE hard drive. I have little 
money to play with. I use nearly 
every aspect of my Amiga - 
games, word processing, DTP, mu- 
sic, DTV, art and databases, 

I would like to get more RAM 
for multitasking, animations and 
music samples (I am yet to get a 
DSS8+). The cheapest RAM I 
have seen is a 4 meg PCMCIA 
card for $270, which would suit 
me very well. Are there any 
catches to expanding RAM via the 
PCMCIA? I would also like to get 
a SCSI controller for a nice fast 



hard disk and perhaps a CD-ROM. 

Jai Cowan, 

NhulunbuyNT 

Dr Help: Expanding your 
A1200 using PCMCIA cards is not 
the best way to go. The memory in 
these is 16 bit, whereas the 
memory in a trapdoor expansion 
card is 32-bit. 

In English, this means that 
adding trapdoor memory will 
make your machine significantly 
faster - nearly twice as fast - but 
PCMCIA memory just gives more 
storage, full stop. 

Go for the trapdoor RAM. 
Another thing you might want to 
put on your shopping list is a 
monitor - you 'II get a much better 
image using one of these instead of 
the TV set 

CROSSDOS & 2.1 

Dear Helpline, I have an A600 
with an external floppy drive and 
2Mb of chip RAM. I do not have a 
hard drive. It runs Workbench 
V2.1. 1 must be missing something 
simple, because I can not get 
CrossDOS to run. 

I have tried both ways that are 
described m the WB2-1 manual, 
but still only one drive icon 
appears and the system will not 
recognise a P.C. formatted disk. 

Please help, this is most 
frustrating! 
Stephen Halliday, 
Inglebum NSW 

Dr Help: Ok, Let's go through 
it step by step. Make sure you are 
using a backup copy of your 
Workbench disks. Your originals 



should not be used at any time. 

If your computer won't accept 
your copies, you probably 
renamed your disks incorrectly 
when you copied them. 

Insert your Workbench disk in 
DFO: and your Extras disk in 
DFl:. 

Wait for Workbench to load up 
and disk activity to stop. Double 
click on your Workbench disk to 
open it, then double click on Devs 
to open its drawer. Close the 
Workbench disk window, leaving 
the devs drawer open. 

Next double click on the Extras 
disk and then on Storage to open 
this drawer. Close the Extras disk 
window, leaving the Storage 
window open. Arrange the two 
remaining windows so that both 
are displayed on the screen. 

In the storage drawer, locate 
the PCO: icon, and drag a copy of 
it into the Devs window (make sure 
that your Workbench disk is write 
enabled for this process). Wait till 
disk activity finishes, remove both 
disks and write protect Workbench. 
Reboot the computer and insert 
Workbench (you need to reboot for 
the changes to take effect). You 
now have CrossDOS set up. 

Remember, if you format disks 
on the PC for use on the Amiga 
they need to formatted as 720k. A 
Standard Amiga cannot read 
1.44Mb disks, as they have lower 
density drives as standard. 

From now on, whenever you 
insert a disk in the drive after 
booting up from Workbench, nvo 
icons will appear - one for DFO: 
and one for PCO:. 



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I Thank you to all the faithful 
readers who anxiously enquired as 
to my health - rest assured, 1 have 
recovered from the nasty case of 
fishstiike that prevented me from 
writing my last column (hey, it 
sounded better than "Daniel for- 
got", OK?). 

This month I've taken the easy 
way out, for at least part of the col- 
umn; I sit back and wait for the 
software to come to me. If you, 
like the authors below, want your 
freely distributable software re- 
viewed in this column, you have 
but to send it to me care of ACAR, 
PO Box 288, Gladesville 2111. If 
you send it, and I get it, and I don't 
review it, it's because it's not very 
good. 

You've got to to ask yourself a 
question. Do you feel lucky? 

**Phonebook 

Hold onto your hats, folks; this 
is a phone book program, written 
by Robert McQualter. You put in 
people's names, addresses and 
numbers (three numbers for each 
listing are possible), and you can 
do simple searches for names or 
parts of names. With the click of a 
button the Amiga's speaker will 
emit the right touch tones to dial 
the indicated number. Hold the 
handset next to the speaker and 
your dialling is done. There are 
keyboard shortcuts for all actions, 
and the program's only about 20k. 

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source is included) comes from 
Dave McRae's first C tutorial. See; 
them things are good for some- 
thing! 

*Screech 

This is a demo of an upcoming 
overhead view race game from In- 
sane Software, and it doesn't have 
anything very new in it. You're a 
little car. There are other cars. You 
drive around, bounce off them a 
bit, turn corners and avoid obsta- 
cles. There's a pit lane, and occa- 
sional officials to run down. The 
sound's OK, the graphics boring 
(the authors admit as much, and 
are looking for a decent artist!), 
but it's quite playable and should 
be worth the $15 the full version 
will cost. You need at least a 
68020 or better processor, 1Mb of 
chip RAM and l/2Mb of fast 
RAM to run it. 

*Ground Effect 

This game, from Anthony 
Lynch of the ACT, is a simple 
AMOS helicopter blast-up. You 
view your little chopper form 
above, and you Hy around shoot- 



ing various ground based bad 
guys. The graphics are simple and 
sparse (on some levels, flying 
around gives no sense of move- 
ment at all as the ground is a flat 
colour), the sound's likewise mini- 
mal, but this game's still quite 
playable, since it includes three 
kinds of missile, a gun, various da- 
mage locations, 30 levels and vari- 
ous difficulty settings. There aren't 
any airborne enemies, but there are 
plenty of enemy missiles, and 
there's nothing more to pay. You 
need at least 1Mb of RAM to run 
Ground Effect. 

***SkoEd 

Text editors are to word pro- 
cessors as taiiks are to automo- 
biles; more powerful, harder to 
use, not useful for the same things. 



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My text editor of choice is 
CygnusEd, which I use all the time 
for reformatting articles sent in by 
heroes who think it's a really good 
idea to do things like tables with 
the columns separated by a zillion 
Spaces. 

CygnusEd 's a commercial pro- 
gram, though, and SkoEd 's share- 
ware ($25 to register). Written by 
David McPaul of Canberra, it fea- 
tures remappable, customisable 
commands (use whatever keys you 
like to control it), multiple files 
and multiple views, simple IBM 
text file conversion, columnar 
blocks (draw a rectangle anywhere 
for your block - you don't have to 
do it linewise), clipboard support, 
aiitosave, folding (collapse chunks 
of text into single lines for 
readability's sake), bracket inatch- 
ing, braces counting, word cotn- 
pletion (finishes any word that's 
appeared earlier in the text), a 
memory file that reloads previous- 
ly loaded files with the cursor in 
the right place, unlimited book- 



marks, an undelete function, iconi- 
fication, a full ARexx port, a con- 
figurable gadget strip and more. 

SkoEd is also billed as having 
a fast search and replace operation 
- it doesn't. A fast S&R is what 
CygnusEd has. SkoEd took 47 sec- 
onds to do 27,482 replaces of "e" 
with "x" in a big text file; this 
sounds OK until you see 
CygnusEd roll up its sleeves and 
do the same thing in slightly less 
than six. 

That aside, this is a good edi- 
tor, CygnusEd can't do folds, and 
as far as I know nothing else has 
the auto cursor positioning on 
reload function. The screen re- 
draw's nice and fast, the interface 
works well (although the default 
config's pretty sparse); it occasion- 
ally crashed on quitting on my ma- 
chine, but that could just be me. 
Worth a look. 

***AGWriter 

From the same author as 
SkoEd, Amigaguide Writer (AGW) 



is a $15 shareware program that 
lets you easily build Amigaguide 
format hypertext files from a plain 
text file. AGW doesn't have its 
own text editor - you built the text 
in another program (the author 
suggests SkoEd.,.) and then import 
it. You can also modify existing 
Amigaguide files. 

You can convert Amigaguide 
files to text, create, delete and 
modify LINK, ALINK, RX, RXS 
and SYSTEM commands (this 
doesn't cover all the possible Ami- 
gaguide functions, but it does cov- 
er all the normal text ones), and 
this is generally a pretty painless 
way to build your own Ami- 
gaguide just like the big boys. 

**Grading 

Let's face it, the number one 
most fun thing you can do when 
you're a schoolteacher is add up 
all those marks and figure out 
what kids got overall, It's thrilling. 
All that simple statistical arith- 
metic, over and over, year in year 
out - who'd be dead, eh? 

For those aberrant souls who 
wouldn't mind having a machine 
do it for them, Anthony N Peck of 
the ACT has created the melodi- 
ously named Grading. This simple 
program lets you set up as many 
classes as you like, name all the 
students and then enter the results 
for various assessment tasks, 
which can be out of as many ' 
marks as you like. 

The program then tallies every- 
thing for you, and can show you 
each student's performance, and 
the performance of the class as a 
whole. You can even standardise 
scores, weight tests differently, and 
get estimates for students who 
were prevented from attending 
tests by earthquakes or alien ab- 
duction. 

The math is simple and you 
could roll your own in any spread- 
sheet - but if you don't know how 
or can't be bothered, this is the 



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free program! 

Aminet 4 

I've recently taken delivery of 
this, the latest in the Aminet series, 
and I am mightily impressed. 
Aminet is TI-IE place to go for 
freely distributable Amiga soft- 
ware, but you've got to have a 
fairly shiny propellor on top of 
your beanie to do it because it's an 
Internet archive, mirrored on a va- 
riety of sites. Anyone with the 
ability to grab files form Internet 
sites can glom stuff from Aminet, 
but that excludes the vast majority 
of Amiga users. The larger group 
of modem-equipped Amigoids can 
collect Aminet files from any BBS 
that has one of the Aminet CDs 
online, but by far the most 
palatable option is to get a CD- 
ROM drive of your own and have 
the whole thing to yourself. 

Past versions of the Aminet 
discs have reflected the user- 
hostOe design of the archive itself; 
everything archived and index text 



files. Anyone with a passing profi- 
ciency with a decent directory util- 
ity could get around the discs per- 
fectly well, but a nicer interface 
wouldn't have hurt. 

With Aminet 4, that interface is 
here. The monster main index file 
is now an Amigaguide master- 
piece. You can, as you'd expect, 



navigate with hypertext links, but 
you can also search very quickly 
for any string - the index builds a 
new Amigaguide file in a (de- 
finable) directory and displays it. 
Whenever you're looking at a file 
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sizes, locations and short descrip- 
tions; clicking the file description 
will give you whatever longer 
readme file accompanies the 
archive, and clicking the filename 
extracts the archive! If the file's a 
picture, clicking the name views it; 
if it's a sound module, clicking it 
starts it playing! 

This is a huge leap in usability 
for the Aminet discs, and it makes 
them even better value at a lousy 
$49. The disc is still full of long 
file names and so isn't accessible 
on an IBM, and there are still 
some misfiled items and dupli- 
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drive, you should also have the lat- 
est Aminet. 

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Lifers a 
continuing beach 



By Graham Bowden 



I Way back in August, an ocean 
view began to take sliape. Since 
that time though, my faithful 
followers have been left suspended 
- treading water in an artistic 
trough, so to speak - cogitating 
upon what crafty concepts would 
conclude the canvas, wondering 
what wizardry would be wielded 
to wind up the water colour. 

In truth, no wizardry is needed, 
it's just been a pregnant pause. The 



only requirement is an inventive 
mind and Deluxe Paint's ability to 
convert your ideas into art. 

Figure I shows the point 
reached in the last tutorial. That 
wave, by the way, should extend 
completely across the screen, 
leaving no gaps down either side. 
Gaps could allow fill commands to 
"leak" above or below the wave. 
Not that that would bother us here, 
because the next step employs a 



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stencil and a couple of filled 
rectangles. 

Create a stencil which protects 
all colours except the background 
colour. Shift— (that's the tilde key, 
just below the "Esc" key) will call 
up the stencil requester. Selecting 
the background colour with the left 
mouse button will place a small 
highlight to the right of that colour 
patch. Check that no other colours 
are highlighted. If they are, click 
them with the right mouse button 
to de-select them. Now select 
Invert, then Make, and the 
background stencil is done. 

Grab an unused colour from 
the palette as a new foreground 
colour (in my case a not so 
deHcate pink - see Figure 2), and 
draw a filled rectangle (Shift-R) 
above the wave. There should be 
no background colour left exposed 
between the rectangle and the 
wave (the stencil will protect the 
wave). As this rectangle will 
become the ocean stretching to the 
horizon, it only needs to be 
dragged up the screen as far as 
your chosen horizon. The sun 
reflecting from the surface of this 
expanse of water will encounter 
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foreground and various swells and 
ripples in the background With 
this in mind, create a new range of 
ocean colours similar to those 
shown in Figure 2. Note that the 
colours in this new range are 
scattered throughout the range. 
This arrangement will add to the 
ocean effect. Make a new stencil 
which protects all colours except 
the colour of the rectangle, which 
again in my case is pink. 

Call up the Fill requester 
(Shift-F) and select the "Shap" fill 
typte. Using the new colour range, 
fill the coloured rectangle. Deluxe 
Paint will first fill the rectangle 
with whatever colour is the current 
foreground colour before waiting 
for you, the artist, to draw out a 
rubber band in the direction you 
want the shaded fill to take. Don't 
get too carried away here. The di- 
rection of the elastic band needs to 
be only slightly away from verti- 
cal, as depicted by the dim arrow 
in Figure 2, If it doesn't look right 
the first time, select "undo" (Key- 
board u) and try again. 

A little magic occurs during 
this shape fill exercise. Remember 




the flying spume we drew using a 
scattered multi-pixelled brush at 
the end of the last tutorial? Yes, it 
was a while ago, but back issues 
are available you know! 

The scattered pixels drawn out 
using that brush with "Smear" 
mode, plus the uneven crest of the 
broken wave, now combine to 
cause the current fill routine to 




present us with a comely comber 
behind the original wave, plus the 
basis of some brilliant briny in the 
background. But that background 
needs work, so let's set to it. 

First, turn the stencil off and 
use the virgin background area 
below the wave to prepare a new 
custom brush in the shape of the 
small ripple shown enlarged in 
Figure 2. Use the colours from the 
ocean's colour range. Draw a filled 
crescent shaped figure using a dark 
blue, then trim the edge of it with a 
few lighter shades to simulate the 
broken water of wind blown 
wavelets. Grab this new brush and 
save it as Ripple.brsh. Turn the 
stencil back on. 

Pull down the Effects menu 
and select Background/Fix. This 
selection will not affect the current 
stencil, but will allow any blunders 
to be wiped clean without losing 
the current picture. Select the 
airbrush tool (set to its default 
size) and use the ripple custom 
brush to lightly spray some 
reflective wavelets across the 
ocean. If the result is not to your 
liking, just clear the screen. The 
fixed background will take care of 



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51 





the cleanup, returning the picture 
to whatever it was when Back- 
ground/Fix was selected. Mean- 
while, back at the beach, the sten- 
cil continues to protect the wave 
and you can now have another go 
at getting it right. 

Memory problems 

Unfortunately it will not be 
possible to use the fixed back- 
ground effect on all systems. Bear 
in mind that Deluxe Paint is cur- 
rently juggling a custom brush (the 
ripple), at least one colour range, 
an active stencil and now, a fixed 
background. This is all very 
memory marauding. Should your 
system pop up an insufficient 
memory message, you'll just have 
to save the current picture (plus a 
backup) so that, should the 
wavelets not be to your taste, you 
can reload the original picture be- 
fore having another go - or shell 
out for the memory. 

By the way, what you see 
above the main comber at the top 



of Figure 3 is not a simple spray of 
wavelets. No, this finished ocean 
also employed some subtle Mode 
menu routines. After the wavelets 



were lightly spread, Mode/Smear 
(F5) was used with the ripple 
brush and the airbrush tool to mess 
the surface up a bit. Mode/Smooth 
(F8) was employed with the sec- 
ond largest built in brush along the 
second wave to even out the 
sharpish edges. Finally Mode/ 
Blend (F6) and a scattered multi- 
pixel brush were pressed into ac- 
tion using the airbrush and sketch 
tool randomly to finish off the ef- 
fect, I'm not going to say there 
wasn't plenty of background fix- 
ing, screen clearing and sundry un- 
doings going on throughout my 
artistic attempts but hey, do you 
get it right the first time? 

What, then, of the foreground 
froth and bubbles, the shallow 
water? Make a new stencil to 
protect all but the background 
colour. Draw a filled rectangle 
below the main breaker using a 
mid to dark blue chosen from the 
ocean colour range. Leave enough 
room at the bottom of the screen 
for the sandy beach. Create yet 
another new stencil to protect all 




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but the blue rectangle. Using the 
ripple brush and the airbrush tool, 
spread a scattering of wavelets into 
this shallow water area. 

Once again, apply Mode/ 
Smear to scatter the result even 
more. Rotating the Ripple brush 
using the keyboard "x" key may 
add a further dimension to the sea. 
Grab a multi pixelJed brush from 
the tool box to use with 
Mode/Blend to complete the tem- 
porary effect. Turn off the stencil. 

We leap now to the palette 
fequester. Create a sweep of sandy 
colours for the beach, then a 
spread from the palest yellow 
through to light blue (there'll be 
some delicate aqua colours in 
there) before finally continuing the 
spread to the darker blues of the 
ocean. Something like the colours 
around Figure 3 should be good. 
Use these colours to set up several 
new colour ranges for the beach, 
the beach/surf interface and the 
foam from the spent waves. 

Beach Building 

Compose a range of yellows 
for the sand and use them in a 
simple vertical gradient fill below 
the shallow water. Grab the second 
largest built in round brush then 
select the airbrush tool using the 
right mouse button. Adjust the 
airbrush down to about 15 pixels 
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to create a more realistic blend 
between beach and shallows. Try 
using various sizes and types 
(round, scattered pixel) of brushes. 
Adjust the size of the airbrush as 
required, swap between Color, 
Blend and Smear on the hop, add a 
few very light - even white - high- 
Mghts and before long the area 
close to the beach will take shape. 
The same method, using white and 
aqua highlights, serves to develop 
the white water in the shallows. A 
little light splashing of pale aqua 
and pale blue, suitably blended 
and smoothed into the unbroken 
area of the main wave, will serve 
to give it a more watery look. 

The Sky 

This is another vertical gradi- 
ent fill. 'Course a sky needs clouds 
to save it from unsighthness. 
Clouds were discussed back in 
May '94. This month's clouds, 
however, have an additional 
enhancement. After smoothing 
several light blueish grey shades 
together to form the basic cloud, 
Mode/Smear was used to "spread" 
the cloud and make it look 
windswept, before using Mode/ 
Blend to take out the sharp edges. 
Once again, use various brushes 
and a mixture of Sketch, Draw and 
Airbrush. Experimentation is the 
name of the game. Spreading and 
smearing, blending and shading, 
highlighting and smoothing. 

Except for the bird. 1 was play- 
ing the old Aegis game "Ports Of 
Call". An old chestnut, but fun for 
any strategist. Unless it's a strate- 
gist of my calibre. My last ship 
was going down in my umpteenth 
game when this bird appeared. It 
must be an albatross. Still, hung in 
the sky there with a small shadow 
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V21 V.22 V.22bis V32 V.32bis 


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Twisted Dreams BBS 


(02) 636-4990 


V22 V22bis V23 V32 


^^^H 




Twister It 


(02)30-3513 


V21 V22 V22bis V32 V32bis 


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WOLF BBS 


(02)821-3073 


V22bis V32 V32bis 


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...And Justice For All BBS 


(03) 545-0098 


V.22 V.22bis V.32 V.32bis 


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Altered State BBS 

Amiga Centrai 

Amiga Limits 

Amiga Vaiiey BBS 

Andy's Attic! 

Banjo's Bacl<yard 

Cafe Chrome 

Chantel Amiga BBS 

CiubAnniga 

Connpupal Amiga BBS 

Conan's BBS 

CONNEXUS BBS 

Count Down Extinction 

Crazy Diamond BBS 

Cyberspace BBS 

Dark Crystal 

Dragons Lair BBS 

Empire BBS 

FireBase One 

Flashpoint BBS 

Flight of Fancy 

Ground Zero BBS 

Guru Meditation BBS 

infinite Wisdom BBS 

Neptune il BBS 

North West Amiga 

Point Blank BBS 

RatZ! BBS 

Revolution BBS 

Southern Amiga Systems 

Studio-101 BBS 

The BaudwaJk 

The Bermuda Triangie BBS 

The Hidden Garden BBS 

The Roaring Rapids 

Where Life Begins 

ATrax BBS 

Mr Beans BBS 

PkMt BBS 

Shadow Run BBS 

STEEL CITY BBS 

STEEL CITY II 

The Outer Limits BBS 

Wild Side 

Budgewoi BBS 

EDUCATE.BBS 

RAM CRAM 

The Round Table 

VIVAI BBS 

Amiga Exchange Australia 

Blue Crystal BBS 

Dungeon BBS 

Hollow Pursuits 

Inquestor BBS 

MEGA Link TBBS 

Jeff's Amiga Board 

Metropolis 

Portal 



(03) 749-6148 
(03) 370-0832 
(03) 725-2895 
(03) 458-4729 
(03) 749-4897 
(03)366-9131 
(03) 894-2815 
(03) 562-6727 
(03) 527-2835 
(03)789-1906 
(03) 776-6701 
(03) 894-4400 
(03)886-1526 
(03) 570-2303 
(03)337-1721 
(03) 720-7724 
(03) 383-3526 
(03)591-0020 
(03) 877-6660 
(03)521-9383 
(03)726-9106 
(03)315-2292 
(03)331-5092 
(03) 899-9425 
(03) 720-4672 
(03) 337-3428 
(03) 898-4892 
(03) 563-0305 
(03)761-9022 
(03) 540-0294 
(03) 704-8260 
(03)704-1940 
(03) 876-5294 
(03)583-6173 
(03) 894-4400 
(03) 795-4900 
(042) 68-2359 
(042) 85-1327 
(042) 85-3349 
(042) 97-0958 
(042) 96-2591 
(042) 96-6099 

(042) 26-5270 
(042)57-1924 

(043) 99-2590 
(043)53-2163 
(043)99-2016 
(043) 43-3036 
(043) 23-3982 
(045)73-6314 
(045) 72-0373 
(049)47-1293 
(049) 29-2285 
(049) 72-1647 
(049) 58-7099 
(051)26-1031 
(051) 22-1481 
(051) 99-2869 



V.22brs V.32 V.32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22b!S V.23 V32 V.32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V.32bis 

V.22bis V.32 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V,32bis V.FC 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 

V.32 V32b!S 

V.22 V22b!S V.32 V.32bis 

V.21 V.22 V22bis V.23 V32 V32bis V.FC 

V,21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.32 V.32bis VFC 

V.22V.22bisV32V.32bis 

V22 V.22bis V.32 V.32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V32bis 

V.22 V.22bis V.32 V.32biS V.FC 

V.21 V.22 V.22bls V.32 V.32bis 

V.21 V22 V22bis V.32 V32bis 

V.22bts V.32 V,32bis 

V.22bis V32 V.32bis V.FC 

V,2i V.22 V22bis V,23 V32 V32bis 

V.22bis V.32 V.32bis 

V22 V.22bis V32 V32bis 

V.22 V.22bis V32 V32bis 

V21 V.22 V.22bis V.32 V32bis 

V21 V22 V.22bi5 V.23 V32 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V32bis 

V.21 V22 V22bis V.23 V32 V32bis 

V.21 V22 V.22bis V.32 

V.22 V.22bts V.32 V.32bis 

V,22 V.22bis V23 V32 V32bis V.FC 

V.22V.22bisV32V.32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis VFC 

V.32 

V.21 V,22V.22bisV.23 

V.22bis V.32 V.32bi5 

V.21 V.22 V22bis V.23 

V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32b)S 

V.22bis V.32 V.32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22bts V23 V.32 

V21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V.32bis 

V21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V.32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V32bis 

V.21 V.22 V22bis V.23 V32 V32bis 

V.21 V.22 V22bis V.32 

V.21 V.22 V22b!S V.23 V.32 

V.21 V.22 V.22biS V23 V.32 V.32bis V.FC 

V.22bis V.32 

V21 V.22 V.22biS V.32 V32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.32 V32bis 

V22biS V32 V.32bis 

V.21 V22 V22bis V.23 V32 

V.21 V.22 V22bis V.23 V.32 V32bis PEP 

V.21 V.22 V22b!S V.23 V32 V.32bis 

V21 V.22 V.22bis V32 V32bis 

V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis 



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Rosedale BBSI 


(051)99-2781 


V.21 V.22 V22bis V23 V.32 V.32bls 


The Oracle 


(052)41-2483 


V.22 V22bis V.32 V32bis 


TJ's BBS 


(052)72-1389 


V.22 V.22bis V.32 V32bis VFC 


Sub Zero BBS 


(053) 42-0845 


V.21 V.22 V22bis V.32 V32bis 


High Voltage 


(054) 46-7782 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 V32 V.32bis 


Total Eclipse BBS 


(054)41-6527 


V.22 V22bis V23 V32 V.32bis 


Swag BBS 


(055)21-7309 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 V.32 V.32bis 


The Silicon Bit BBS 


(058)53-1022 


V.21 V22 V22bis V.23 V.32 V.32b)s VFC 


Cockatoo Chat BBS 


(059) 68-9229 


V.21 V22 V22bis V32 V.32bis 


Talisman BBS 


(059) 44-4061 


V.21 V.22 V22bis V.32 V.32bis VFC 


ACIVIE BBS 


(06)291-5022 


V.22 V22bis V32 V32bis 


Amiga Empire 


(06) 292-6826 


V.21 V.22 V22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis 


Amiga Power BBS 


(06) 292-5535 


V.21 V22 V22bts V32 V.32bis 


Desktop Utilities BBS 


(06) 239-6659 


V.21 V22 V22bi5 V23 V.32 


Sonic BBS 


(06) 294-3439 


V.22bis V32 


AustraLINK 


(063)53-1329 


V.21 V22 V22bis V.32 V.32bis 


LiNE JAMMER BBS 


(063) 32-4043 


V.22bis V32 V32bis 


Triops BBS 


(063)62-9715 


V.21 V22 V22bis V23 V.32 


Western District BBS 


(063)53-1329 


V.21 V22 V22bis V32 V.32bis 


AFX BBS 


(065) 82-5504 


V.21 V.22 V22bis V.32 V.32bfS 


Bedrock 


(065)82-4011 


V.21 V22 V22bis 


Computers & Things BBS 


(065) 84-9039 


V.21 V22 V22bis 


Virtual Visions 


(066)29-5169 


V.21 V22 V22bis V32 V.32bls 


Buzzards Haven 


(067)72-1438 


V.21 V22 V22bis V23 


Scotty's BIG RED Bus 


(067) 62-0241 


V.21 V22 V22bis V32 HST 


NSW Country TBBS 


(068)69-1754 


V.21 V22 V22bis V32 V.32bls 


A Politicly CORRUPT Board 


(07) 862-9236 


V21 V22 V22biS V23 V32 V32bls 


Ability BBS 


(07)351-3590 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 V32 V32bis 


Amiga Adventure 


(07)216-8538 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 


Amiga Expansion BBS 


(07)869-1724 


V.32bis VFC 


Atom BBS 


(07)812-1249 


V.21 V22 V22bis V23 V.32 


Black Cat BBS 


(07) 394-4826 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 


Black Magic BBS 


(07)804-0617 


V21 V22 V22bis V32 V32bls V.FC 


Commodore-Amiga CUG BBS 


(07) 300-6357 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 V32 


Cyber Matrix 


(07) 205-2397 


V32bis 


DataNet Information Services 


(07) 856-2264 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 V32 V.32bls 


Der Zauberberg 


(07) 892-4349 


V22 V22bis V32 V32bis VFC 


Dragon's Lair BBS 


(07)818-0531 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 V.32 


Evil Dead 


(07)879-0108 


V22 V22bis V23 V32 V32bis HST 


Goodies & Bits 


(07)285-1130 


V22bis V.32 V32bis VFC 


Goose's Nest 


(07) 892-4320 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 V32 V.32bls 


Harry's Hotline BBS 


(07) 264-3967 


V.22 V22biS V23 V32 V.32bls 


NiteBreed BBS 


(07) 892-7278 


V21 V22 V22bis V32 V32bl5 V.FC 


Power BBS 


(07)821-1067 


V22bis V.32 V32bis 


Power Up Information Exchange 


(07)399-1322 


V22 V22bis V23 V32 V.32bls V.FC 


Pro-Amiga 2000 


(07) 372-9927 


V21 V22 V22bis V32 V32bls 


Sidecar Express BBS 


(07) 805-5928 


V21 V22 V22bis V32 V.32bis V.FC 


Soft-Tech/GCSBBS 


(07)869-1131 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 V32 V.32bls V.FC 


SuPaCom 


(07)890-1844 


V.22 V22bis V32 V32bis 


Techniq 


(07)273-1879 


V21 V22 V23 V.32 V32bis 


The Brisbane Pinnacle BBS 


(07)341-9560 


V.32bis 


The Linenoise BBS 


(07)800-0016 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 V.32 V.32bls PEP 


TheRAB.B.l.TBBS 


(07) 203-4071 


V.21 V22 V22bis V23 V32 


The Wonderland BBS 


(07)300-6164 


V.21 V22 V22bis V32 V32bls 


Transcendental Connection 


(07)281-9418 


V.21 V22 V22bis V23 V.32 V.32bls 


Verbal Verbatim 


(07) 396-4054 


V32bis 


XyonicS BBS 


(07) 808-4806 


V22 V22bis 


Dragon's Den 


(070)91-4080 


V21 V22 V22bis V23 V32 



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The Ice Cave 


(070)31-4186 


V.21 V.22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis V.FG 


Dark Lands BBS 


(071)28-4900 


V.21 V.22 V ??bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis 


Closer to Home BBS 


(074) 97-6293 


V.21 V22 V22bis V.32 V32bis V.FC 


CLOWN 


(074) 42-2597 


V21 V22 V22bis V.32 V.32bis V.32tert>o 


Feral Zone BBS 


(074) 45-9886 


V21 V22 V22bis V.23 V32 V32bis 


Omega BBS 


(074) 99-9307 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis V.FC 


The Galaxy GateWay Computer System 


(074) 26-8557 


V22 VPPhis V.32 V.32bis 


Action Online 


(075) 92-4399 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V32bis V.FC 


Aust Super SSeuth's BBS 


(075) 97-0454 


V22bis V32 V.32bfs VFC 


Blitz BBS 


(075) 78-5370 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V.FC 


Paradise BBS 


(075) 74-8611 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.32 V.32bis VFC 


SaNcTuaRy BbS 


(075)96-1926 


V22bis 


Future Dimensions & The Quickening 


(076) 91-0363 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V.32bis 


New World BBs 


(076)36-2136 


V21 V22 V.22bis 


MegaTecti BBS 


(077) 83-5397 


V21 V22V.22bisV.23V32V.32bis 


The Erotica BBS 


(077) 79-5243 


V.22 V22bis V.32 V.32bis 


5tti Dimension 


(08)365-1007 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V32bis 


Adam 


(08)370-b//5 


V.21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V32bis 


any POINT between... 


(08)281-9546 


V21 V22 V22bis V.32 V.32bis V.FC 


BackRoom BBS 


(08)341-5955 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis 


BeeJay's 


(08) 337-0021 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V.32bis 


CDP BBS 


(08) 370-7715 


V21 V22 V.22bis 


Centre Point 


(08) 265-0485 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis 


Deep Woods BBS 


(08) 287-2224 


V22 V22bis V.32 V.32bis 


DISTRIBUTOR BBS 


(08)341-5255 


V21 V22 V.22bis V23 V.32 


Fishbowl 


(08)277-1361 


V22bis 


Fred's BBS 


(08)341-5944 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 


HOT-LINE BBS 


(08)373-5136 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis V.FC 


Ireland's Own BBS 


(08)281-6485 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bi5 


Mystic BBS 


(08) 284-0068 


V21 V22 V.22bis V,32 V.32bis 


Night Shift bbs 


(08) 326-5356 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 


SA Country CLUB 


(08) 284-7992 


V21 V22 V.22bis V32 V.32bis 


Starbase 79 


(08)361-2467 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V.32bis 


The Attic 


(08) 384-4762 


V.22 V22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis 


The Dominion BBS 


(08)377-1984 


V21 V22 V.23 V32 V.32bis 


The Lions Den BBS 


(08) 289-7365 


V21 V22 V.22bis V23 V.32 V.32bis 


Wombat BBS! 


(08) 284-0754 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis 


South Coast BBS 


(085) 56-3796 


V21 V22 V.22bis V32 


Amiga Retreat 


(089)45-1516 


"^^ V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V.32bis 


CyberNet IV 


(089) 45-3638 


V,21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V.32 V.32bis V.FC 


1984 The Revolution 


(09)332-1567 


V21 V22 V.22bis 


1990 Multi Line 


(09) 370-3333 


V21 V22 V22biS V.23 V32 V.32bis VFC 


AmigaLynk 


(09) 592-6955 


V21 V22 V22bis V.23 V32 V32bis 


Byteline BBS 


(09) 497-4888 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.23 V32 V32bis 


Compulsive Computing 


(09)419-1808 


V21 V22 V22bis V.23 V32 PEP 


E.T's Home Phone BBS 


(09) 367-4089 


V21 V22 V22bis V.23 V32 V32bis 


Information Centre of Australia 


(09) 493-5445 


V21 V22 V.22bls V.23 V32 V32bis 


Moonbase Alpha 


(09) 345-2042 


V21 V22 V22bis V.32 V32bi3 


Pilbara Amiga BBS 


(09)419-2717 


V21 V22 V22bis V.23 V32 V32bis 


Pivot BBS 


(09)351-8401 


V21 V22 V.22bis V.32 


Snow Leopard 


(09) 245-2511 


V.21 V22 V22bis V.23 V32 V32bis 


STAR-BYTE BBS 


(09)458-1255 


V21 V22 V22bis V.23 V32 V32bis V.FC 


tHE C.I.A. BBS! 


(09) 249-2790 


V21 V22 V22bis V.23 V.32 V32bis 


The Information Centre 


(09) 344-8888 


V.21 V22 V22bis V.23 V32 V32bis PEP 


The Matrix BBS 


(09)279-1745 


V.22 V22bis V.32 V.32bis V32t6rbo 


The Wizards Lair BBS 


(09) 439-3324 


V.21 V22 V22bis V.23 V.32 V32bis 


The Wombat's Burrow BBS 


(09)528-1689 


V.22 V22bis V23 V32 V.32bis 





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COI^ENTS OF DISK SM 



A "pop'Up-anywhew" {a]most!|i color palstte 
'CgtmmodlTy with several features I could no1 
find in otnar palette tao-ls. Features inclgder 
LoacVSave color paFstifls: Sliders selgctabte 
between RGBHSV; Copi', Swap. Rartge 
Fui[?tlQn&; CornpEBm>Bnt selected {sjiqr; 
Lefl^ilght shiHing of the entire p.alette; AbNjiy To 
pernnartanfl/ affer {patth) the color tables of 
eywiitabtee with a slatieally allocaied color la- 
Me. Requires OS2,04 or grease^- Version OM 
{alphd release). Includes sourc«. By Dan Fish 

OocDump 

A [>rini uEiltty that puis 4 page's of text on one 
sheet of pap£H-, iTKluding pa^-headera. De- 
$idg the nonnsl Dirmp mode, a double^Med 
Booklet mod£^ is at5f> available, DocDump us- 
es ns ovfn printer drivers, mahing one yourtslf 
is easy. vA.B, binary only, snareware. By 
ROibBrt Grab 

Enforcflr 

fit taoi Id monllDr iliagal memory acc6^ lot 
6a02Q/6aa51, SaOSO, and 6S04OCPUS. Ttiis 
\s a. coniplatfllv new Enforcai from the ongfnal 
idaa by Bryca Nesbltt. It contains many new 
ard wondflrful featums and options ard no 
larger corlains any exceptions for apacific 
soFiware. Enfarcer can now aiso be used wilti 
CPU or SelCPU FASTROM or most Eiry other 
MMU-KS- Mapping toof. Major new output op- 
lions such as \Qcai ojtput, ^dout. and paralfel 
port. Highly optimized to be as fast as possi- 
his. W37.2S. ar update to V37.26 on disk num- 
ber 773. Requires V37 ot the OS or bettsi and 
an MMU. By McchasE Sriz 



Inspirad from 800TL0G0 by Harkus 
lenseffr, allows vou to show any IFF ffle duri..„ 
beotup thar wlEI exit when the ^VB appears. 



VI .0, requires OS £.04 or flreater, binary only, 
includes some sample pictures. By Colin Bell, 
sans IFF pics by Justin Trevena 

LUBl 

A small, handscma. text djsplayer Ihat only 
supports those luncliiDrrs most frequently 
used, Sbhng g^arching is p^rfcrrned wrth the 
very last Boyer-Moore aJgoriIhn>. Also checks 
Itself for llnl( viruses. Runs from Ctoth WB arrd 
CLL Separate version LeastP also deals with 
powerpack&d Hies, Haa been te^sted under 
both f^ 1.3 and 2.0. VereJon 0.04. binary on- 
ly. By Tborstert Koschinskfc 

MoontODi 

A pact of John Walker's moontocl program tcr 
UNIX, i\ gives a varied of stallstics aoout the 
moon, inclueting priase, disTaJvce, angular, size 
and time ]o naxt fuN moon. A $<n«ma]ic of 1^$ 
current phase is also shown as a pjctute. TWs 
is ilfu^trative only: |hs aocEjiate phase Is 
shown in ihe text. V1.0, binary only. By John 
Wall^er, Aniiga port by Eric G. BuchaDsk 

MungWall 

Uurtgss memory ar>d waiciies for illegal 
FreeMem's. Espefially useful In cembination 
Wtth Enforcer. Output can go lo either the sen- 
al or paralleE port. Includes a new h^ungLlst 
program thai exaimines used memcry areas 
for MungWalE tag info, and outputs a iist of 
who owjns (he various pieces of allocated 
mernory, their sires, elc. Can even identify Eha 
<mmi of the mamory by task rtame. V37.53, 
an updare to V37.54 on die?; 707. Binary only. 
By CommijdQra Amiga: submimd by Carolyn 
Scheppnsr 

CONTEMTS OF PISK S01 

Ccnvert 

A proaram that provides the msans to easily 
oorivett riumerical values betwsefi rntarration- 
sl. Imperial and US systems of ruBasuremsnt. 
It doe£ tfils In twelve fields of measurement. 
IndUEJng area, capacity, density, energy, fuel 
consumption, rength, pcwer, pressure, speed: 

(velocity), temperature, volume and weight, it 
las a flexible, easy to use GUI and works un- 
der OS 1 r3 and E,xx. The registered version 
also has art ARexx pon. VZ.Oh ahareovare. bi- 
nary only. By M\\iO P\t\im 

CyberCron 

A cron utility for AmlgaDO^ 2.0. U;as 1he 
rew, mora Ffexihie, AmigaPOS 2-0 technique 
for running programs. Cm^rs an exianded set 

of options [bat may be specified for any given 
Bvanr. Vt.S. an updaw to VI .3 on disk 6S2, 
and Includss various bug ii^tes, cads tweaks, 
four new AHexx ccmmandg, documentation in 
AmlgaGuide fonr:ai, and mors. InDludes 
source. By dnrislopher Wiehufa 

CyberXlO 

A program thai can be used 1o controJ (he 
CP290 home computer interface lor use with 
the XI home automation system. It raquires 
KS 2.UA-* and supports tocalization under 
Worit-Bench 2.1+. mdudes documentaiion in 
AtnioaGuide fomiat. Jncfuties source. By 
Chrlstoptter Wictiura 

lune 

A small program tf>a[ wIEl display the time and 
date cf tne phases ot ihe mosn for a monlh in 
any yea? itom lOOO to 3000 AD. If a bnar 
eclipse occurs ir^ thai month, Its Itms and ctata 
win also be displayed, ft has an eaay to usa 
GUI and works under OS 1.3 and 2xx- VI .0. 
^^aware. binary only. By Mike Fuller 

PowarData 

batches ArrtigaDOS, enabling aJI programs to 

read and wrtTe fifes packed wrth PowerPacksr 

in way that is complelely transparent to tbem- 
saFvw find i^e system. Programs will r^ad 
powsrpacked dataliles direclEy. aid will also 
Fiaglcally start compressing their own 
datiiftjes. as they creaie or update them. 
V38J0S, the officTaJ successor of anotner pro- 
oram by this author, Powerpacker Patcner. 
Partially localized for use with WB 2.1. Ro- 
qujreeWB S.OA+. Shareware, binary only. By 



Michael Berg 

TWC 

Two Way Chat & Ssnd enables you to make 
use of your modem's lull duplex faatur?. VUith 
PWC vou can wnnwi to anolher Anniga /un- 
hlng TwC. then you may transmit files AND 
chat at the sarne flme, in bolh direelioris, GUI- 
driy^n, need& KTck-Slart 2-0* or higher, Vfi.OS^ 
fieeware, binary onfy. By Lutz Vieweg 

CONTENTS OF OfSK 802 

ApplSfzer 

An Applcon utility to get the size of drsEis, di- 
rectories or files. Gives the size in bytes, 
blocks ana the actual size occupied R.aquires 
KS 3^.175 or higher. Version 0.41, an upd<ite 
10 version Q.2C on disk 7S7. Binary only. By 
GIrard Cornu. 

FoatLife 

A fast Ufa program featuflng an Inti^ition inter- 
face, 33 generations/second on Amiga 
30OD/K, 19 generafons'second on Amiga 
Z0Ofil5m^^ OM, and 200+ patterns in tefl file 
format. Runs wfth KS 2.04 and fater, and uses 
the fieqloors requealer package (included). 
An update to VI .1 on disk 60B. Changes in- 
clude sjpport for all screen modes, screens 
as large as memory allows, njji for a spscifed 
number of aenerationa, Slop at a spedltc 
generation, CLE arKJ ToofTypes support ifor file 
name filter and "ON" character within Picture 
files. V2,2, binary only. By Ron Charlton 

Fd£Aarnlnc 

This litUe program creates a^embfer include 
fifes Irom ".fa" files {I.E. the ori^naJ Com- 
modore _ftf- fifes). There ara severaf ways lo 
format the cutpul file. VirOa, OS a.XK only, 
freeware, includes source in ^sembly. By 
Hanns Holger Huti 

OMouse 

An unusually small and feature^packed 
■mouse utility^. Was inspired by, but not de- 
rived from, the original QMouse by Lyman 
£pp. Features incfuae automatic window acti- 
vafion (like WindX), top-line blanking for 
A300(V^320 U5SF&, Systenrlriendly mous^ 
bianhiog, mouse acceleratifln/thresholU, "Pop- 
GLP, clich-lD-lront/back. 'SunJAouse", 
"NoClick", "WildStar'n Morthgate key remap- 
ping, and more, Requires KST 2.0, but is not a 
commodity. Only 3K. V2.30, an upsdate to 
V2.21 on disk 7B9. Public domain, assembiy 
source included, &y Dan Babcock 

CONTENTB OF DISK S03 

HBckdIsk 

A complete replacement tot trackdifilt.de¥rce 
featuring a verify option and better perfor- 
manee. TlackdRSk is supplied as an OS modirfa 
that may be FsamKick ed or placed directly in 
the KSTlOfvl. VaOOr an update (o Vl.T^an 
disk rrumber ?B3, Now lnclu<Ses support for 
ISQRPM HD floppy drivaa and unlisted Sup- 
port for 5-25 inch diives. Free for rton- com- 
mercjai use, assembly source included. Sy 
Dan BabcocK 

HyperANSI 

TrJB ultimate in AMSE editors. Allows /ou to ed- 
it up to 9£r9 pa^s at a time, with a unique 
'transparency' mods which ^llcws you to 's$e 
through' the pages { and save as a eingla 
paaej. Other features i.nclude; Copy Wove, 
FilfT Replace, Text alignment & juafifigatJDn, 
line drawing, character painting (coEcrfi ancl^Dr 
text), hatf character painting, and keyboard 
remapping for all 255 ]B3Jt oharacteis, plus 
more, Sharewaie, Vl,02. t^nary only. By Mike 

MInlPac 

A very liny PacMan clone, only about 6K. 61- 

nafy only. By Philippe Banwatth 

SCANSaOO 

A specialized database prgcpram to ^t^r^ fre- 
quencies and station names for shortwave 
transmitters. It can also control a receiver for 
scanning frequency ranges. V2.27, b^ngjy on- 
ly. By Rainer Ftedwelk 

CCNTEMTS OP^DISKSOA 

AmigaWorld 

A database program that contains intormation 
about every counlry on Eai^. Jt enal>les you 
to t^ava a loc* al the data ol one country, or 1o 
compare sever^ii countries, ii ts easy to har^- 
die, and you can use il with your (aveuftte col- 
ors, font, and even langua^ [at the moment 
there are English and Qemian data Itles). Re- 
quires 1 MB of memory. This is freeware VI .0, 
Modula-S source is avaflatrie t}y the author. By 
WoEfgang Lug 

DIskHate 

A disk utility with multidrive disk copier {either 
OOS or non-DOS disks) di$k forniatl^r, disk 
eraser, disk instaijer, aja floppy disk checker. 
V3.0, binary only. By Makx}lm Harvey 

Euphorlon 

A Scrolling "shoot'em up" action-game, which 
contains eight different levels, txinus-stages 
and a hiohsoore labler Vl.l, binary only. &y 
Cafslan Magedturth 

PflStward 

A program to password proiect an AutoBoot- 
ing Hni based ^y&tem. Supports a list of autho- 
rized users and their passwords. VI .0, binary 
only. By Maicoirt Harvey 

PubChanga 

PubChartge is a commodity for AmigaDos 
2.Q4. It isn't a public screen manager, bur it is 
useful when used in conjunclion wTth ons. It is 
designed !a mai^e pumic screens easier to 
use. whenever a new screen is brought to it>e 
front, this screen is examined. If it is a public 
screen, it is made mta the default automatical- 
ly without having lo sxplicittv do il from within 
a public screen man^rer. Thus, the current 



!'SEh Rf^i 



dsfouH public screen is always ihe one which 
ycnf have most r«$ntEy broughl to the front, 
and applications which use the default pubJic 
screen will afjpear there. Vi.£, ar update to 
VI -0 on disk 771, This version fixes two ssri- 
ous bups and adds minor fealuies. Binaifv on- 
ly. By Sieve Koren 

TrueEd 

A shareware editor, VS,S, ;md update to va.40 
on disk 630. No documentation, binary oily. 
By Jyrgen Kleira 

CONTENT© OF OrSK 005 

CDTV'Player 

A little utility for all those people, who'd like to 
pfay Aud'O-GD's, whiie multrtasking on WB. 
It's an emuiatJon ol CDTV's remote control, 
but Is a little mora sophtalfcated. VI. 5, an up- 
date to V 1.0 on dFSk 759. Public domain, bina- 
ry only. By Daniel Amor 

Cleo 

ImpJemenlalicn of a new experimental Pascal 
like languaoe. Seside^ ttie normal data types, 
inchides 2D and 3-D data types., and an f^QB 
color data type. Includes a compiler and Inter- 

ereter, example programs, and documerta' 
on, vf.Ci, includes fuli source in C to cornpil- 
ar, interpreter, and Examples. By DJALLO Bar- 
rOu 

Clouds 

A program which create* randomly cksuds or 
your screen. Vou may save them as IPF-files 
and use them as background for your WB. Us- 
es new AGA-teature (5- iMtaane-bires' 
Screen), V2.0, public dorrtain. Indudes com- 
plete source In KiCK-PASCAL. By Daniel 

Amor 

RuAsianForts 

This Is a scaiable vactor loflt. It's itte Russian 
equivaleni of the Times Roman Idnt. It comes 
in iwo versions, ADOBE TYPE 1 (cbl-filB) and 

PAGESTREAfvf FONT (dml-file). Thia Font is 
shareware. Designed with FontDesigner. By 
Daniel Amor 

Slser 

A smafi and pure shell uljfity thai gives rhe 
size m bytes, blocks and the actual size occu- 
pied by a directory, device, file or 'assign'. AC' 
cepEs multiple arguments. Version 0181. an 
update to version 0.36 On disk 777. Now re- 
□uires KS 37.175 or higher. Binary QnJy. By 
Qirard Cornu 

CONTENTS OF DISK 906 

HDRxer 

Some of the newer A3000'3 have ttigh density 
floppy drives. In the 37.175 version of KS, HD 
diskg are nol completely supported in HD 
mode. This prqgTam patches the system so 
thai KS V37.1 75 owners are able to use 1.7T 
MB HD disks. This very user friendly, tolaJly 
new programmed version, comes as a Com- 
modity and supports the new DS2.x (unctions 
like Public Screens, scaleable fonts, shortcut 
oadoet activation and so on. Requirea WB 
lOdT VS.OO, an upcJate lo Vl.lO on disk 690. 
Binary only. By Peter-I^rer Edert 

Icona 

Somo icons which can be used in lite Tool- 
Manager dock window [ToolManager by 
S.Becfter) for Inslanee. There are also a few 
tips for TDolManager users in the doc file. By 
Andre Weissflo^ 

MXReq 

Oceates. a customrzeabEe mutuai exdude re- 
quester from a shell or AREXX sorJpt. The us- 
er can select one out of up to eight entrloEi, 
each of them writes an own value to an envi- 
ronment variable. Including eKecutable, 
sourcors, docs, eitamples ar>d a small bonus 
tool- Version; 1.£C By Andre Weissflog 

XSearch 

A program to search lil^s and directories on 
any Amiga deuloe. Has Dpiio?is to search for 
files or dirfl-dories maJchlng a g)ven name pat- 
tern, length, date of last change, itt type, com- 
ment, internaf strings end protection bits . 
Suppons the Amiga ciipboara Uses Awiiga- 
DOS 2.0 style interface. Includes both i3or- 
man and English versions. Version, 1.1, an 
update to Vl.u on disk 724. Includes source In 
KlCKPaSCal. By Stefan Plvchinger 

CONTENTS OF DISK S07 

ncachMotel 

A game where the object Is to wllect all the 
spray cans to complete the leve). If you touch 
any creatures you will l4<e« 4>rte lifCn except 
whan stomping on a roach or hitting a foseh w 
boyd with your head while wsaringlhe loupee. 
Written in AMOS, binary only. By Ryan Scott 

VCLI 

Voice Command Line Enlerface allows you to 
ejtecute CLI or ARexx commands, or ARexK 
ScTipls, by smken voice command through 

Sour Perfect Sound 3, Sound f^aster (Sound 
lagic). Or Generic audio digitizei. VCLI is 
completely multitasking and will run continu- 
ously i^ the background, waiting to execute 
your voice command even while other pro- 
grams nnay be running. With VCLI yon can 
launch muliiplo applications or control any pro- 
gram with ARexM capability compleleiy by spo- 
ken voice command. VCLl is compatible with 
both NTSC and PAL VS. 2, an update to V5 
an disk number 7S1 . New fealures include tfis 
capabiliEy to load alleufate vocabulary fiiss by 
spoken voice command, a choice of Amiga 
hardware timers to reduce interfeience with 
alhsr piograms. and immunity oF the display to 
changes m system fonts. Binary only, requires 
AmigaDOS ZO, By Ricbard Home 

VoloeCocte 

This file contains complete documentation for 
voice.llbrary (Ver 6.4), the public domain 
Amiiga library of voice lacognrtlon functions for 



ttta Perfad: Sound 3, $ourK] Master ($ound 
Magtc) and Genartc audro dlgEtlze^S. Incl-uded 
are descriptions of the fund:ior>s that wiJl allow 
your program to learn gnd recognise Epotten 
words mrougti your s bit audio aigiiijter. Also 
induded are code examples in C and assem- 
bly language. By Rtch^ Home and David 
Bonn 

XTrBs>i 

A conslant trashcan JmplemenEed as an appli- 
cation icon. Can erase anything; files, direclo- 
nes, trashcans and disks. Disk Tormalting re- 
quires an external formatter. Conforms dosely 
to the AMIGA Style Guide. Requires AMIGA 
OS £. 'VI. 01. includes source in KICKPascaL 
By Stefan Plvchinger 

CONTENTS OF DISK SOB 

KlngFfsher 

A specialized database tool providing mairrEe- 
nance and search capabllitl&s for tht> d«scrjp- 
tions of disks in the format used by this librai^- 
KingFisher's database can span multiple (Hop- 
■j^) disk voEumes. can be edivad by ^sxt edilors 
:hal support Jong teift lines, can add disks tO- 
sediy from unedited email or Usenet an- 
nouncements, can remove disks, rebuild a da- 
maged iJidaK^ find next or previous software 
varsiona, pnnl or export (parts gf) the 
database, and mere. Includes a database of 
disks 1-800. VI. 15, ar update to VI. 11 on 
disk 783. Binary only. By Udo Schuermann 

Look 

A powerful program for creatirig and showino 
disk magazines. Supports iFF pcturea, IFF 
brushes. Af^SJ. fonts. PowerPacker, and many 
more features Programmed in assembly Ean- 



guage to be small and fast. German language 
Only. VT.5. an UKJate ta VI. 2 On disk 7«. 
t^ow mns on PiTSC machines in interiace 



mode and incEudes many new features . 
Shareware, binary only. ByAndri VogSt 

COhTTENTS OF DESK M9 

CPK 

A program to render a space filling^ Fapresen- 
taUon of atoms in molecules. This is tha type 
dF representation one v/ouEd lirMj in the plastic 
'GPiC (Corey, Pauling ^ Kandrow} modeEs often 
used in organic chemistry. Tliora are no hard 
coded constraints on the number of atoms It 
can process, it cofreicl^y handles inlefsecting 
3- dimansjonal spheres by using the Bresen- 
ham circle algorlmm In 3D, and oompulss us- 
ing the the current display screen resoluilcti 
for eimpllcfty and speed. vf.O, binary onSy. By 
Eric G- Suchaitek 

EPU 

A program like Slacker w XPK that allows ap- 
plications (0 access compressed data from 
AmigaDOS devices without knowing that the 
data is compressed, and aulomatically eom- 

Eresses nqw data. The file size is not Slmiled 
y memory and the swings ol Ihe handler ta:n 
be changed at any time. VtO. fitiareware, bi- 
nary only. By JarosEav Mechacek 

GfltStrlng 

A small utility that puts up a string requester 
and stores the resuH m an environment 
variable Jeilher local or global) that can be 
used in Shell scripts. Requires uS 2.04-1- and 
ReqTools.Eibrary. Written Ir E, source includ- 
ed. By Diego Caravana 

SmaEEMath 

"Drop-in' replacements for the Commodore 
IEEE math libiaries for user? wiiti a math co- 
processor. Since these libraries do not contain 
the {xjproceaaor- emulation code normaiEy pre- 
sent, they are eO'^SO^ smaller than the usu- 
al libraries. For the same reason, hov^ever, 
they cannot be jsed without a coprocessor 
VI .2, an update to Vl.l on dlst; rfS. fwes a 
bug in Ihe cmp() functi>OT. PubJIc domain, par- 
tiaTsource incfudad. By Laz Marheni^e 

CONTENTS OF DESK 810 

AmlgB E 

An Amiga s. 

and flexible procedLiraJ programming Jangua; 



la specilic E compiier. E Is a poiverfuE 



and Amifla E a very fasi compiler tor it, wfth 
features such as compilation speed of 200O0 
lines/minute on a 7 Mi amiga. Inline assem- 
bler and flnlcer lnle<grated inio compiler, lar^e 
sal of inlegrated fijnc4Jons, module concept 
with .2.04 includes as modules, flexible type- 
sysEem^ quoted expressions, immediate and 
typed lists, low level polymorphism, exception 
handling and much, more. Written in Assem- 
bly ana E. V2.1, public domain, includes par' 
lial sources. By Wouter van Oortmerssen 

MaheOMake 

An automated DMake lile generator. You give 
it the names of all the C-rfes used to procftice 
your executable (except Wlrwlude'd ,c or .h 
fblss), and it will autcmaticaily Man ih^rr to 
find ajl dependencies, and produce a ready to 
use (in many cases) DUaKsFile calling uDC 
WFth options you wtll n»ed for normal comptla' 
lion and iinlung. Version 0. T9. an update to 
versron 0.15 on disk 7fl9. Includes source. By 
Picti Obminski, kom original code by Tim f^c- 
Grath 

PrintManager' 

A ptinier spooler for Amiga DOS 2.0 or Jaier. 
Works with all programs, whether they me Ihe 
par^leE ck sanal device, us9 PHT: or the print- 
er device directly, are printing te}(l or graphics, 
and lias an Inturtion interface. V1.0. binary on' 
ly. By Nicola Salmoria 

Snake 

Aji updated version of the old computer game 
whicTi lives in a WB window. Vou control a 
'snake' which orows by eating "fro^" and 
avoiding ^stacfes. Regukes AmigaDoS 2.0. 
C source Included. By MlchaeJ Warner 

SterCioek 

S4arClodc displays lime, daie and stardata of 



62 



the popular TV series SO/ Trek in 9 $mall 
window on the right hand sid« o\ the WS 
screen. StarCfocl! is a comniDdity. Requires 
OS £.0 CF greater. VI .01, binaiy aniy. By 
Michael LaNifanl, VoElce^ (^Qehrke 

TinnflK8«p«r 

' fam tha . ._ 

Iiis is Bc^Q/npl Ishea by storing Itie fur- 
rent time in a resident structure at reauiar in- 
tervaJs and restoring rt at reboot. Useful br 
Amigas that dont nave a battery backed up 
cEdcK Pequires KS 2.0 Or hlotier. VI-O, irt- 
dudes source in C. By Mattias Mottkesson 

COJ^ENTSOFDISK&n 

bsh 

A powerful advartced sInelL and interprative 
pr{>graFnniind language. Ffuns on AmigaDOS 
1.2 AmigaDoS Li. Mojor features incJude 
cammartd hiator^. commarwj line editing, 
cammarHJ substitution, redirsction and piping, 
mdlrection at standard error liJs, concurrent 
piping for 6^erna3 Commands, nere dDCLj- 
menta, aliasea, file nan^e CAmpielion using 
wJIdcarttG C T), patiein pefmuialions, 
ven'abtfls array variables. Icxcal and envfran- 
menT variables, varlahE? e^tportJna. C-like e^y- 
pr^SSion avalLation, conditionaTs. looping, 
more than SO bi^ltln ccHnmands. more than 
40 builtin functions, scnpl programming, VJB 
startup via r>Bwbsh, directory aliases^ shell 
window manipulation and command search 
bv CU path, by bsh path variable, command 
hashing' and resident command loatfing. Ver- 
sion OIM, sharevrare. binary only. By Gary 
Branl 

MdQLcNal$es 

A fj\E.C module package including: Happy 
H(>ur, Magic Voices, Take it sJow, Termlrwitor 
II. By LarsRiger 

WhrteL^n 

A new CUhelto (RevB^si^ playing program. 
Strong and fast, it explains the rule^ and 
pEays djffererrt atrategiss depsnding on the 
selected level- Supports interi^aced resolu- 
tions, V1.2-FD, enghsh and german SKecuta- 
bles. Shareware. C sources and scecial ver- 
sion available when leglsteriig. By Marlin 

CONTENTS OF DISK ^12 

The Fowerpacker Mini Clone. This is portrer- 
packer. library meeting gadtootsJibrary: A 
srraJJ utility, userul ^r compressing any texf 
or dala file. Vl.3b, an updaie to Vf.l on disk 
751. Many new enhancements, including a 
cwnptete Shell interface, hyperlejrt dbcumen- 
talion, s. brand new iook, iocalization. CtariishK 
Dutch, arwj French catalogs, eic. Includes 
68D30 and €304C versions, plus source Far 
SAS C By Reza Elghazi 

SCANftSOO 

A specialized database program to store fro- 
cpiencies and slation names loi shortwave 
tianamitters. It cart also control a reteivar far 
scanning frequency ranges. V2.2Bh an update 
to V£.£7 on disk 503. Now worlds on HTSC 
Amfgas. Binary only. By Rainer iRedwaik 

C0NTEMTS0F0ISK&13 

AmiqaBaee 

A nierachioat, prcsrammable, In-coie 
database thai runs under OS 1.3 and OS 2.0. 
Has a full Intuition interface. Fealu<^a Incfude 
two display inethoda, lilter dalasels, search 
datasets, print datasets, and much more. 
Neaiiy evftrythlno can be realized by pro- 
Qramminig ArmgaBase. Datatypes can oe In- 
feaarK Real Boolean, String. Mamo (Textl, 
Date and Tiine. Number cf datasets is only 
timited by available memory. Also included in 
the pacKage are soma example projects. 
^1.21, an update to Vt.30 on dfsk 792. 
Shareware, bmary only. By Staffen Gufmanr 

IjFFdaftatypB 

This proaram is a dalatypa Ihat undersEarids 
the GIF nla rormat. Onc^ instaNed, it allows 
any datatype- aware programs (sjclt as Mul- 
tiVTewJ to read GIF llles as if they wara IFF. 
Vau can also Lise thsm as screen backdrops. 
Patatypas onJy esisi at WB^.O and graatar. 
VZb-2, binary ofkly. By Steve G&ddard 

MinedQut 

A ramake of the BASIC program of the same 
name for tha Sinclair Spaktrum, by Ian An- 
dr^iy/s. Mined Out Is a strategy gams, like 
Mine on disk 725 or AMines on uisS 70T. The 
objact cf the game is I0 find a way from the 
bcihom of the minefield to the lop, to escape 
a cortipuler enemy. Vl.O. shareware, binary 
only. By Dieter Seidel 

DOHTENTSOP DISK 814 

ElooUob 

Th^ BootSto&k Utitfty. Includes functions I0 
store, install, view, or execute any disk boot- 
block. Alsa self- made boolbldcks can be In- 
staJled to disl^. The most powerful function is 
to save any bootbioc^ as an executable CLU 
Fila. Wnw y&u can start avsry boat-utlf, vlr- 
uschecker, game, or loader from the CLI, Al- 
so included is a drawer with 46 dlffeient boot- 
blocks. BootJdb requires Amiga 0S2.x. 
VI .30, an update to VI. 00 on disk 760. 
Shareware, binary c^lv- By Michael Bialas 

FIM 

The Fasi-lntro-Maker. kise this Irttle InboMak- 
er to create your own Inlres in a few minutes, 
includes functions to insert selfmade IFF- 
PiCtures. Color- ScreenteatS, Musk and 
more. Final created Intros will run on 
OS1.2/1.3/2.X (WB/Ca F.l.M. requires Amiga 
OSa.x, V2,a. an UfHJarie to Vl,D en digk 760. 
Shareware, blnery only. B^ Midmel Bialas 

McmBpr 

^ simple prwram to display tlw free memory 
using a window with bars lor ctilp and fast 
memnry. Vl.O, piublte domain, InckideS 
source. By Benjamin fPink) Stegemanrt 

MonopoLy 

Damo varEion of e Monopoly garrie written In 

g. Vl.O, shareware', binary only. By Ken 
ilmer 

i^oteEdit 

NofeEdit is a utility to *iflte and save Crypted 
notes. The ability (sf an automatic diary is in- 
ciudacf as weir Vl.O, freeware, includes 
source. By Benjamin (Pfnk) Stegemann 



TreeGrow 

TreeGrow is a program which generates 
quas-ilractat treea or plar^s. The idea is taken 
(rom "Spectrum der WisSenschaft*', tha ger- 
man release of "Scientific American". Vl.O, 
Irseware, includes source. By Benjamin 
(Pink) Stegemann 

CONTENTS OF DISK eiS 

AntiCicioVIr 

A ynk varus (feteutor thai detects 27 dlfferont 
such wnises. Checks your disk and menrorv 
for known link viruses, and can also dei.^ 

known booiblock viruses In memory. v1,7h an 
update to VI .69 on disK 767, Shateware, bi- 
nary only. By Matthias Gutt 

InspireDemo 

Dsmo version of a new, easy to use, Amiga- 
DOS 0.0 teift editoir. The demo is the game 
as the registered version, except thai save 
and print are disat^led in the demo, inspire 
u^$ the rtew leatures oi AmIgaDOS 2.0 bk- 
tensively, Irdudinq uslrq the j^SL recniester 
for 'pnt and file seTeclion, arid the qadtoofs li- 
brary for standardized gadgets, Tne display 
database is used so you may open any type 
of screen that your ccrinputer is capable of. 
Fftatures include an ARexx port, undo, find 
and replace, booiOTsafk^, lea cerrterlng, word 
wrap, case conversionSr C^Ecboard support, 
auto indenting, and mora. Vl.^,. binary only. 
Sy Josh Van Abrahams 

ShuffteRun 

A game for two players. Try to collact nwra 
pornts than Ihe other player. A level editor is 
irtipleniented, 300 levels are Inchuded, 100 
can be edited. VI . 0. freewoiQ , includes 
source, 8y Betijamlfl (Pink) SteBamann 

CONTENTS PF DISK aifi 

Ejypl 

A small game for one or two pfayers. Find 
i^rea chests Qi gold in a ccmp^er generated 
maze. V1.0^ freeware, incudes source. By 
Bsnjamin (Pink) Stegemann 

Look 

A powerful program for creating and showing 
disl( magazpnes. Supports IFF pictures. IFF 
blushes, ANSI, fonts, PowerPacker. and 
many more features. Programmed in assem- 
bly ranguage to be smalT and fast. (Serman 
language onSy, Vl,6, an update to Vl.5 on 
□ESK B(J8. Shareware, binary only. By Andr 
Vogel. 

Rflvenge 

Rsven^e or the Blob, an anlmaled Inlerpreta- 

tien using Bill Watierson's oNginal carloon 

snip character "CaJvin'. Telfs Ihe story of 
Cafvin's encoLinEer with his mother's ^od, 
and how Ihe dreaded lapioca monster gets 
back at CaJuin for turning hiG nose up at It. 
Vl.O. By David Wllas 

CONTENTS OF DISK S17 

CTlmer 

A pair oF progtrams for vs9 with Sys1.3 and 

Sys2. CTimer will m^asur^ ihe eg(e<;utiQn 
tirr^ ol any section of code from a complete 
program down to a single line. Freeware, in- 
ctudas source, ^f Chas A. Wyndnam 

EditKeys 

A Iteymap editor. Supports ediling of string 
dead and mOdiiiable keys, as welfas conliol 
of reoeatabie and capsablo status of oach 
Key, Runs equally well under Amiga[>C>S 1.3 
Or 2.0. VI. 3, an update to V1,2 on disk 642. 
Binary only. By David Kinder 

Hextract 

Acomplele header file reference. OeFirviiions. 
stojcturas, structure memthera arid onsets. 
Rag vatuGS, iibrary contents, function de^ni- 
tiDns_ registers fihrary off sets, prolotypes, 
and pragmas. TI10 data from a set pf v2.x 
Amiga and Lattice header fllias is Included 
and packed for immediate reference by hlax- 
tract- VI a, an update to VI .3 on disk 726. 
Freeware, includes partial soiree. By Ctms 
A. Wyndham 

Inatall 

A rapLacan^^t Eoi the Aml^EX^S Ir^^aJl com- 
mand, with an Intuition front end, VI .3, an up- 
date to V1.I on disk €43, Includes siHJr:;e in 
assembly. By Dav^ Kinder 

S-TbkI 

Turns tejiits irlo completely sslf-contained, 
self- displaying compreMKl Ties callable 
from WB or a CLI. S'Texts will save disk 
space and can be Irartsfgrred from disk to 
disk wtthout having to Ehinh about re^er and 
dacomprBBsfon compatibil ily. VI .2, an update 
to Vt.1 on disk 760. Freeware, binary only. 
By Chas A. Wyndham 

corrrENTS of disk sib 

Load Library 

Another Load Lib prckoram, but this version 
runs in its own tass, and uses (tie req- 
tonfsJibrary for muHiseJectfon and other user 
friendly ^le handling. All Epistailed Lo^Ub li- 
braries can also b^ removed irom the sys- 
tem. Supports the locafe.llbrary and Amiga- 
Guide. V2.52 an updats to V3.5a on disk 743. 
Freeware, binary only. By Nile 'Jon' Qrs 

TankHunter 

A simple action game for two players. De- 
stroy the lank of your opponent, w levels are 
included. Ycu can choose between sound ef- 
fects or a tjacVground song. VI. 0. freeware, 
inrrludes source. By Benjamin (Pink) Stoge- 
mann 

UUCoderUVindow 

An intuition user interface for the CLI com- 
mands UUEncodeX and UUOecodeX, written 
by Michel Bekke. F^e^uires AmIgaDuS 2.x. 
VI .0, ^eeware. binary only. By Nils 'Jon" Grs 

WatchStack 



A program that monitors the stack oi any se- 
lecterf task or process SO [PAL)/$0 (NTSCl 
times per second and reports the allocated 



starch , maxmium slack usag^ and current 
Stack used. This program Is a clone 10 Slack- 
Watch, disk 434, bul tmmoved a NEUe Wl. Re- 
quires AmigaOS 2.0. V2.02. tlnary only. By 
Bnan Ipsen 

CONTENTS OF DISK SIO 



JukaBox 

A program '0 play compact digitial audio dis- 
cs by emulating a oraphical user interface 
similar to corrmon CD players. It provides a 
do^nmand line oriented, luHy programmable 
ARexx user interface, as w^l, V 1.2522, 
shareware, binary only. By Frarti-Josef Re- 
■chert 

MemoMaster 

A program that warns you aboul events {Ilka 
birthdays and anniversanes) as ihay ap- 
proaoti- va, includes soitree. By Je+f Flyon 

OctaMEOPIayfli 

Standalone CHayer program for playing songs 
made with DctaMED. Can load 
sng+samples-format and MMDD/MMDl- 
modujes made with MED V2.10 or later or 
any version: of OciafJED. Can pFay standard 
four channel Amiga songs, MIDI son-gs, B Eo B 
channei OctaMFu sonas, and muTti- mod- 
ules. Has a nice 2.0 IqhsR and works fine un- 
der 2,0 as well as 1.3. V4.04, an update to 
VSrOO 00 disk eOfl. Binary only. By Teiio Kin- 
nunen and AMIGASfUTS UNITED 

CONTEWTS OF OISK eSO 

Datab«ri::h 

DataberKti is a new low-cost Database vrttti 
som& nice features like fast search, niter, 

password Imporyaitport and mora, Irtcludee 
both English and German, vef&lon*. Oomo 
version only, binary only. By Eric Hamtujch 
APCaTCP Vertriab 

OulchFile 

A flexibFe, fast and easy to use flat file 
database irsing random access with inteflE- 
gent buffering ib minimise disk access, multi- 
ple indexes for fast access to records, form 
and list Sty^e screans and reports, and fast 
sorting and searching. Files are quickly and 
easily defined, and fields can be added, 
changed, or deleted at arty lime. Vi.5, ahare- 
ware. blrtafy only By AJan Wlg^nton 

$y«|nfo 

A program which reports interesting inJorma- 
tJon asDut ihe configuration of your machine, 
includirig some speed comparisons with other 
conflQuraticrtg, versions of the OS software, 
etc. Lots ai n^w enhancements includirig In- 
formalion on devices, resources arvd ports, 
and graptiical speed comparisons. V3.11, an 
update to V3.D1 on disk 75B. Binary only. Bv 
WicWifson ^ ' ' 

ViniaZ 

A virus detector that recognizes over 500 
bootblocke (200 boot vlrusos) and over 95 fifa 
viruses. The filechecker can also decrunch 
files (Of tesling. The memory checker re- 
moves all known viruses Irom memory with- 
out 'Guru hifedlCatlon' and cheH:}(5 memory for 
viruses regularly. VirusZ has easy lo use intu- 
Itionlzed menus including keycuts lar both be- 
ginners and experienced users, '^irusZ per- 
rorms a eetf-test on every startup to prevent 
link vlfus Infection. Written entirely In assem- 
bly language and operates wlthXS 1.2/1.3. 
OS 2,0 and OS 3.0. V3,D0, an update lo 
V2.27 on tiisk 7^6. Shareware, binary only. 
By Georg Hrmann 

COIfTENTS 0FDISKS21 

Diff 

Port of QNU Diff containing 'cmp". "diff" 
'diffS". and "sdjff' . Providas aTthe features or 
BSD's diff plus options to dllt non-ASCIi dies, 
to ignore changes that just insert or delete 
blanK linaSp to specify Ihe amount of content 
for context diffs, pEus more. V2.1. an update 
to V1.1C on disk 2^1. Includes source. By 
M\he Haertel. et. ai. Amiga port by Carsten 
Steger 

Ijident 

A C source code formaTtsr/indenler. Espacial- 
iy useful for cleaning up i nconsistenlty rndent- 
ed code. V1.7, an update ta V1.4 on disk 
702. Includes source. By Various^ Amiga port 
by Carsten Steger 

CONTEtfTS OF DISK 822 

NetHack 

A screen oriented fantasy game where your 
goal is to grab as much treasure as you can, 
ralneve the Amulet ai Vendor, and escape 
the Mazes of Menace aTrve. On the screen is 
a map of where you have been and what you 
have seen on tha current dungeon feveL As 
you explore more of the level, it appears on 
[tie scraen in front of you. Nethack generates 
a new dungeon every time it is played, thus 
even veteran players will continue to nnd rt 
enteriaining and exciting. This Is part 1 of a S 
pari distribution. Pari 1 contains the binary 
portion of ttie distribution. Part 2 and part S 
contains the source porliDn of the distribution. 
and can be found on disk 823 and 824. 
V3.iptQ, an update to V3.0pl10 on disk 460, 
Inciudee aource. By Various; see documenta- 
tfan 

CONTENTS OF DISK B23 

NfltH(Kk 

A scr>eeE^ i^rlented fantasy gams whSre your 
goal is to grab as much treasure as you can, 
retrieve ihe Amulet of Vendor, and escapa 
th^ Mazes of Menace aliv^. On lh« screen Is 
a map of wheie you have been and what you 
have se^rt on the current dungeon level. Ae 
you expi(?r$ more of the level it appears on 
the screen in Iront of you. Neinack generates 
a new dungeon every time K is played, ttius 
even veteran players will continue to rind i| 
entertfllning and exciting, Ttiis is part 2 of a 3 
part distribution. Part 1 contains the bin&ry 
portkjn of the disin"buiJon and can be (ourw 
on diek 823. Part 2 tiorvtaine p^ of the 
source an^ part 5 (on disk 624} contains the 
remainder ol the source. V3,lplO, ati update 
to V3.0pl10 on disk 4B0. Includes source. By 
Various^ see documemalion 

CONTENTS OF DI&K ft£4 

AlphWan 

A programmer tool 'which may help you to 
create an fntuition or ^dtcds user Interface. 
It opens a window witti a gad^ for each 
keyboard key. If you press a key Lhe depen- 
denl gadget will be dlsabEed. So you may 
check Wnettier a key has been used or not. 
Pequires Amigat>OS 2.Q4 or higher, VI .QO, 
freeware, binary only. By Hans-Peter Guen- 
Iher 



V/pBBOKfm^ 




AprovBurvv 1 
hanoB slof Ine 
£.&4 3ac " . 

higher. Vsr&an OlOI ^. 
hans-Petsr GuenttHr 

NetHack 

A screen orient&d famasy 
goal IS to grab as much ireaaie amwM 
retrieve ttie Arrrulet oi Yeodor, <msm 
the Mazes of Uarace alive, Oo Vm 
a map of where you havo been and 
have seen on jh« cjrreni dungeon 
you explore more ai the level % a~ 
the screen in froni of you, f^etrach ._.._ 
a new dungeon every time it s pls^fod, ww 
even veteran players will continue lo vid k 
entertaining and exciting. This is part 3 of a 3 
part distributlcm. Part f contaiT>5 the liiiaiy 
portion of the disint^ulion and can be fnaid 
on disk 822. Part ^ contains part of -QM 
source and can be found on disk 82S. Part 3 
contains the remainder of the source. 
V3.1pla an update to V3.Dplia on disk AGO. 
Induffes Source, fiy VahoLis; sea documenta- 



P«ger' 

A program to number lines and pages for var- 
ious kinds of text, (t usee prinn s^le format- 
tings and has a lot <y\ ell options. Including 
llriee per -page, mulljpte SQurces, quiet option 
etc. Requires AmIgaDOS 2.04 or higher. 
VI .00, freeware, binary onty. By Hans-Peter 
Guenther 

CONTENTS OF WSK 9« 



The Archiving Ijttuitlon tnlerfaca m^k^s things 
easier if you are arohtvirtg or dearchiving 
Rles. Vou can do it all wrfn the click of a 
mouse button, Instead of typing in a whole 
line in the CLI. VI .35, an update tg V1.03 on 
disk 7^5. Now supports KS 2.xx as well SS 
1.3. Supports several archiving formats in- 
eluding LHa, Zoo. Arc. UnArj, and UnZip. Re- 
quires reqlools^llbraTy. Shareware, binary on- 
ly. By Paul Mclechlan 

ASokoban 

An Implementation of the UNfX game 
Sokoban for ths Amiga. Has the original BE 
levels of llle UNIX oeme, a nice Inhjition GUI. 

undo and backup furt^ions, and is fully multi- 
tasking, Ftegtilres ks s.o. V1.1, binary on^y. 
By Panagjoti^ Christies 

VIrueChecker 

A virus checker that can check memory, disk 
boatblocks, and all disk filss for signs of most 
known viruses. Can rem«mber nonstartdanj 
boottlocks that you indicate are OK and no't 
bother wn. about ttiem again. Includes an 
ARexx port. V6.22, an upaate to V6.Q6 on 
disk &80. Binary only. By John Veldlhuis 

WComm 

A commodity which enables the user to ma- 
nipulate windows wltti 43 user delinable 
hotkey commands. You can move, size, re- 
size, set to prefs, ^oom, exclude, include, 
close ti^e cascading, artd kill windows. You 
can cycle screens. iWCornm also has a btle 
clock, a palette window {with up to £56 
colours), a pMup shell, and a ncti^ system, 
whk;h can infom^ you atiout any rmportant 
event and date, sucn as the birthdays of your 
friends, etc. You may also auicmaiicalfy start 
arry command, a backup for e^cample at spe- 
cifib Inten/ats. WComm is controlled by some 
configuralion fj^les and can ba handlao by the 
use of the several asynr^hronous windows. 
Requires AmigaDOE Z04 or higher. Vt.ao, 
freeware, binary only. By HanS'Pet^r Quan' 
ther 

CONTENTS OF DISK S2G 

ABterlods 

A very nicely done astenods game. All im- 
ages and sounds are loaded from disk as IFF 
files, and can be replaced by the user if de- 
sired. This demo version has been partially 
disabled to keep the player from going pfl^ 
level G. Version 0.85, stiareware, binary only. 
By Mike Seifert 

t>Bte2Dey 

A siniple program that givea the day name for 
the c^te seiacied by Ehise gadgets. Uses 

fsadTooEs libr^, 60 requires AmigaDOS 
2.04 or higher. Version 0.1. binary only. By 
Grard Cornu 

DUEPReq 

A tool to replace the arp lilerequeeter caJls of 
dme or other editors wilh the asl one. It 5&-J& 
\hB selectkinA to some env variables w^^lch 
can be easlk examined from rexx or baldt 
scipls. Includes examples of how to use Jt ^ 
DWe. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or Wohar. 
Vf.OO frseware, bjoary only. By Harts-Patflf 
Quentner 

HemSnap 

A small memory monitor useful for ^wrng 
hciw much memory other progrart^s take up. 
Based on a program called f^emeter. which 
broke under KS 2_0. Requires KS 2.0 fa- 
higher. VLi, an update to vl.D en disk 696. 
includes SQurce. By Marijn W. Scott 

SoHLock 

A program to help prevent unauthorized ac- 
casE of your tKUtaJsTe hard drive by requiring 
a password each lime you reboot. Has. been 

on disk 63.3. 



I 



lesled under both AmigaOOS 1 a and 2 04. 
V1 O.a, a!\ updam toVi.o.i on dis' """ 
Share*afe, bmar^ orly. Bv ^"a™ Bae^ 

CONTENTS OF DISK 9!? 

AMaslcr 

An address datal>ase program with sort, 
aearch and selections after each fieW. The 
number of entries depends onCy on the froa 
memory. Has a lot of print options indiuiAfig a 
print to screen funcnon. Has a full onSne nnb 
system. Includes bolh German aiv5 Ernfial 
versions. I9 font independent and bas Been 
tested under 2.Q4 and 3.0. Regies An^p^ 
DOS 2.(14 or higher. VI. 52, freeware, tHiay 
only. By Hans- Pater GuenEher 

AskReq 

This Is snolher batchfife reque^er. h t^sp^fs 
a message and prompts the usar iot a Etreig 
or optionally for a nuri^her, U may bs ^o 
used to request a cnc4ca bebman m afiKi- 
tied gaclgets. Has a Set of CU "r^r**T i^ 
quires ArnigaOOS 2-0^ or tighv. V^jXL ise- 



63 



I 



ware, binary orly. By Hare^Peter Guanther 

JtAe Utile prDgram can be used lo check 
whefner you ere runnino ^«ler AmIaaDOS 
1.3 or AmigaPOS 2,04, tou can pofii into 
your slanup^equence to ^xecule a 1 ,3 bool- 
igi scrl|>t. ^ersfon 0,01. publto dornah, in- 
efudas source. By Har^-Peter Goenttur 

AzUcCit 

A IJldt\x quiddix euppart program. )( yoj u&e 
lh$ Quichftx option or Azt&cC VS.kx. you car» 
sst GCEDIT to Va& program. It <>pens a win- 



dow which cfispFafys ail ehors one aner anoth- 
er, rt ^»o has an ARg>[x port ancl a gadtOdEs 
user tnterfaoe. V1.25 an update to V1.0 on 
disk 761 . Flenwvsd some erj^orcer hits and Is 
iKW font irdependeni. Requires ArragfiDOS 
2.04 4r higher. Fre«war&, binary ony. By 
Han&-P5!ei' Guenthar 

ClouWD 

A tool which enables you to Kill windoovc 
wNch are left on any Bcreen irom other pro- 
yrams, which have been terminaied by guruG 
or Other thir»gs. You can specify the wiruow 
bv pattern matching In the siring gadgel or by 
&&mnQ a timeout ttiat oives you t(rrw To soled 
the proper window. It naa a gadloo^s Interface 
and an "ask- bAforg-doeEKT option. VS. 11 an 
update to V1.2 on disk 742. Removed some 
enforcer hits and i^ now font Independent. 
Reqjires AmigalX^ ^.t>4 or higher. Free- 
ware, binary only. By Mans-Peler Guenlher 

FRequist 

FRgqusst la a liandy program wNch lets you 
select a fite by using the ASL file requester 
an^ e}<QCUt^ a Cl-I command with the ^ven 
selection. FRequest can t>e easily used in 
batch ni^ and has a lot of options. Vou can 
use it as an frontend for any program which 
does not directly ^upwjit filerequester sbSbc- 
tlons. It axchange* []' ^ *« specslied com- 
mand line wJlh th9 sal^otrpn. It ties a debug 
abililv for testing of-outione before execution. 
V1 JS, an update to V1 .5 on disl; 743. It now 
MipportS miJltfplft nie s^eclions and the save 
HJerequester option. Requires AmioaDOS 
2,04 or highw, Fraeware, binary only. By 
Hans-Peter Guenyiar 

PlokFlle 

A randorri oenerated exeqi^tor. It usae a rae, 
or opHonairy a directory, to start the given 
commandiire wWch the selection. <?an he 
easily used for slldeshows, wbpartlsni, font. 

wbpicture charigas- Any fl's wsir tw bk- 
ctian^ad with the satection. lfu:ludes exam- 
ples. F^equires AmigalXtS 2.0^ or higher. 
V1.C0, Freeware, binary onfy. By Hans-Petar 
Guenthar 

COIfTENTS OF DISK 820 

DEskTest 

A utility to t^ tlie integrity ot floppy and hard 
disks, aia r^torton Utjiftiee. V2.a3. an update to 
VI. IS on disk €63. New features indude a 
completely ravi^ad GUI, implam^nted with s 
text scrotlef. flequires AmigaCOS 2.04 or lat- 
er. Fi^lic domain, includes source. By 'Maur- 
jzio Lqreti 

Post 

An exciLerit PostSciipt Jnlefpreter for the 
Amiga which implements the tuli Adobe Ian- 
gua^. Supports type 1 and type 3 fonte^ 
screen output, tile outpul, and piinter oinPput. 
Vl.aeerh, an update lo Vlr7 on disk 669, in 
tills enhanced verelcn all AmJsa[>OS 1.3 
compabbilit^ h^s been removed lo facilitate a 
benef, mora conshslenl user fnterfaco ualnq 
GodToolEt rnenus and GadTools gadgets, fuT 
support For and use of ASL flPa requesters 
has been added, marw bugs tiave been fixed, 
and th« sgjrce lias bvan upgraded to work 
wtth SA8 C 6.x, Flequjres AmlgaDOS ^,04 » 
later. Inciudee source. By Adrian Ayiward, en- 
hancamenis by Roban Poole 

PSFonts 

Postscript font ifilesfrom ttie GNU Ghoslsoripl 
2.5.2 distritJulion, for use wilh Ihe "P43Bt" 
postscript interpreter on disk 826. This is part 
one of a Ihree part distribution: Parts two and 
three can be found on disks £29 and S3D ra- 
spsectively. By Various, see docs. 

CONTENTS OF DISK S29 

PSFonta 

Postscript font filea From' tt*e GNU Ghostscript 
2.^.2 dtstribulbonn for use with ihe "Po&f 
post-^onpt Interproter on disk ^2&. Thla ia part 
two of a three part dFslrlbulion. Parts 04ie and 
ihrea can be found on dteks €2& and 630 re- 
specitvely. By Various, £ee decs, 

COtfTEm'S OF DISK 630 

PSFonts 

Postscript font Rlee from the GNU Ghoelscrlpl 
£.5.2 d^lr^ution, for US9 wtth ths "PmlT 

posrsoripi irterpretar en diskaSS. This i5 part 
itfl^* 01 a three pan distributionr Parts ore 
and two can be found on dlsls &2& and S^ 
respscteveiy. By Various, se« docs. 

COhfTEMTS OF DISK 831 



A tool to Copy the ccmtents of any KS flOM 
rnto a fite. Note that there are many i^itimate 
reasons for w»shlna 10 make a fJta ce^y of a 
ROM image. I donl condone using this prO' 
gram toi any iiiegat uses howo^r. Vou 
Should be aware of the taws In your region 
with re^rd to fdir uso of sottwar^, inckjaing 
software oonl^ned in ROMS. VI .1, include 
source. By Ralf Snjner 

Term 

A gill-ware tetecommunicaftlons. program writ' 
ten lor Am^OS 2.0 or higher. Features in- 
dude totai confl^rabimty, tliII ARewc oor^tre^, 
Xpr-transter support, flletype-ldenlHIoation at- 
tor download, out &. paeto/polnt^ndixilcdc on 
screen, auto upload and download, unlkntted 
size scrollable nvievt bufFet, so9M and fuHy- 
Featured VTiO£ftrr£2tyANSl emulation, si*- 
port for extarnal Terminal erriuiatlon Ibrarlee. 
optlonaf last atomic tennlnal emulation, 
hotkey suppo^r powerful pIvnebooK and dial- 
ing FurKtlons, abilrty to save end print the 
oonteniE of the scrsen as IFF-JLBM or ASCU 
file, full ove^can and screen resolullon sw- 
port {AGA MKl ECS screen mo<Jas included), 
asynchronous oparatian and a kl more, V3r1 , 
an updals to VZ,3 on tfsks 7S5 arxJ 730, This 
te part one oF a Ihrea part distribution, and 
contains the main program, documentation, 



and auwiiary data nie«. By OlaF 'Oteen' 

Badtiaf 

CONTEhTTS OF DISK 632 

A utiHty tor use in scripts with programs l^e 
DiskO!»y that require \m user lo proas a key 
befor« fne pro-am runs. It sends a user- 
specilied key press to the active window, af- 
t^r ai optioial d^ay. Requires AmigaDOS 
2.04 or ItighBf. V1.0. Indudes souroa in as- 
sembty. By Douglas Nel^n 

NamaThitMonstw 

A coriMnodity for use wrtb t/oria and sim^r 
games Ittat use Ihe slasti key for identifies- 
fion. IE allows you to idenffly a monster or ob' 
ject with a single prass of the meddle mouse 
button. Raquire? 2.04- or higher and a three 
buno;i mcussa. fncludea source in F-Basic. By 
Douglas Nelson. 

Tefm 

A gFft-ware telecommunications program wnt- 
wn for AmtgaOS 2.0 or haoher. Features in- 
ckide total conflgurabiiity. fuH ARajoc conirol, 
Xpr-transler support, fielype-identification af- 
ter download, ciit Si paswpolnt-artd-clict on 
screen, auto upload and download, untinnited 
slize ecroloUe revfew bufifer, soSd and firily- 
featured Vn02An"2£0(ANSI emulation, sup- 
port For wternal terminal «mulaltcn |lbrari«e, 
optional Fast al&mic leanJnaJ emulation, 
hotkey support, powerful pttonetraok and dial- 
ing functions, abJMy lo save and print the 
contenis of the screen as IFF-ILBM or ASCil 
file, fuH overscan and screen resolution sup- 
port (AGA and ECS screen modes included), 
asynchronous opej-ation and a^ot more. V3.I, 
an i^ate to V2.3 on disks 7£S and 730, This 
is part two of 6 thro« p^ dIsEribiition, and 
contains the main program as a 
GSOSfHWOfGAd executable, and the program 
source code. By Olat 'Oiseri' Barthel 

CONTENTS OF DISK 833 

Twm 

A gift-ware tdecommunlcatlons program writ- 
ten for AmigaOS 2.0 Or f^Qher. Features in- 
clude total configurability, full ARexx control, 
Xpr-transfar supporr^ filelype-idenliri&ation af- 
to- download, cut & pesfe/poim-and-cUck on 
screen, auto upload and download, unlimited 
siza sorclabia review bufler, solid and luliy- 
featured VTlD2Arr2£0/Al^SL emutatbon, sup- 
port for eicternal terminal emutatfon libraries, 
optional fast atomic lerminal emulation, 
hotkey support, powerful pl>onebook and dlal- 
ing functionsH abji-ity to save and print the 
contents of the screen as SPF^-ILBM or ASCII 
l^le, ful3 overscan and screen resolution siU' 
port (A(3A and ECS screen modes included), 
asynchronous operation and a Jot more. V3.i, 
an update to VS.3 on disks 7£& and 730. This 
[s part three of a tliree part distribution, and 
contains the doctjmsntatlon in DV1 and 
PostScript formats. By OJaf 'Olson' Barthei 

2IP 

A program which can interpret and run stan^ 
dard seriss and interactive fiction plus Info- 
com gama files, includes sound and propor- 

tion^ font suppoft snd oilier Amiga specific 
features. V1.00, Amflga release Z2r includes 
source in C. By Mark Howell^ Amiga port by 
Olaf Barthiet 

(CONTENTS OF DISK ItSd 

InfoToola 

Sevei^ tools to query information about or to 
dteassembte inloeom oame FlleSr Source In 
'C Is IrwhJded. By Mark Mowell, Amiga pen 
by Olaf Barthel 

Pln(Dcom 

A portable InFocom standard series game file 
interpreter that can also analyze any infoccm 
garrte file and display vocabulary lista, object 
trees, elc. Has many Informative and debug- 
ging options tfiat can be envied at runtlnw. 
rncludas extensive documervtaiion, sourtd 
and proportional sourKi support, and many 
Amiga specilic features. VS.OOf Amiga 
release 2:34. Includes source In Cr Authors; 
InfoTaskForce & Paul D. Smith; pori by Olaf 
Barthel 

WBQenle 

WBQenle is a WB-pnooram launcher with a 
difference. It is intended to be a WB interface 
to a sat of \AfB programs (whk:n Ihe author is 
in the pn^cess of wilting) to mal<e perk^nnin^ 
tieuaekeeping chores On She Amiga simple. 
WBGenle fs a WS2.x only prc^am and es a 
commodity. It makes use of f^ppicons and ap- 
pwlndows. Includes some sample wde to 
demonstrate how to write a toot type anay 
wllhoul aHe«linp existing tool typos, V1.02, 
binary onsy. By Steven Vetietrl 

XEJM 

Sample code and documenlation how lo cre- 
ate and interface to OKlernal ternnlnaj wnula- 

lion libraries as swporied by terminal pro- 
grams such as LR-^mm, 'term' and X- 
Comrrr. V2rO and includas sample iibfary and 
sample interface source code rn 'C and as- 
sembly language. Sy Uell t^ufmann 

CONTENTS OF DISK 835 

MandolSquare 

Vel another program to generate images 
from the Mandelbrot set, dineront from most 
implemantationa in that it nma only undar 
AmioaOS 2.y., requires an '020/'03tl''f>40 
CPlJ and a numerical toproceasor. The cal- 
culation routines ware written in '&31 assem- 
bly language for maximum speed and preci- 
sion. A^D included is a 'movie mode' which 
allows generation of long camera zooms to 
spots In the Mandelbrot set. The resulting an- 
imaticru can be saved In Ar>IIM-opt-& formal, 
allowing to replE^ them using 'MandelSque^e 
or standard animation Bofmare, Enhance- 
mante include support for the AQA ohipset 
(now you can Finely create imager in 256 
cdourstj and several bug fixes and in^rove- 
rnents in ttie Image and animation creator 
co*ir Vi,e, an update to \^1.3 on disk 589. 
]r»ciudes source fn C and assembly language. 
By CHat ^tsen' Barttiei 

Mine 

A new Modula-^ Implarnentalion of an old 
computer game. You have an N * f^ square 
with mines hidden in some fields. Vour job is 
to mark them with a flag as fast as possible. 
Higtiscora lists are sucHnrted. V^.6^ an up- 
date to VI 3 on dis^ 75Sh snd contains a few 



Emprovamenis and some bug ftxes. Bequros 

AmigaDOG 2.0, inciudee sourcg^. Dy Thomas 
Ansorge 

Mines 

A oame In which you have to logicalty And out 
which pans of the unlne-field are not mined. 
There are many kbds of minefields and you 
have to be vary careful to t>e able to sofve the 
most dlllictjt levets, Mines operas its own win- 
dow en a WB screen anif lt'$ muitlla&king 
friendl]i[. This game was made and test^ un- 
dei WB 2.0, so ih« colors may ]qo]« a bit 
strange under VVB1.3. V2:.0, binar/ ondy. By 
Teemu Sipi and Msiko Malmt>erg 

Super Dark 

A screen blanker with some special features. 

ft is similar to the AfieiCark screen blanker in 
the PC and Mac worlds. Features triclude a 
lot of dilfeient screen effects, a screen focker, 
and more. ¥1.2, includes source. By Ttwmas 
Landspurg 

SupafFormattor 

A easy to user disk formatting prograni with 
an Intuition interface. Options include quick 
format, verify, trashcan Icon instaHafion, FF3 
versus aki flesystem, and more- Vl-Od, bina- 



ry onfy. By Mark Warpool 

COtfTENTS OF DISK 83G 

X>ocPrint 

This prooam is a paperaaver for those wtto 

use fanfoH paper in their prinlerSr II Is able to 
print ttie odd and the even pages SGvarately 
with pagenumbers and header and footer. 
Can be cafled from WB or via CLI with 
teKtname as argument tor we wftli OirOpue 
or SID- Can print powerpacked flleSr Ail set- 
tings can be stored In a conflg ftLer Comos in 
two versions, Errglish and german. Needs 
AmioaDOS 1,3 or higher, poworpacker.Hbrary 
(included} and PAL-mod&. V£,00, shareware, 
binary onfy. Written in Modular, By Hartmut 
Jger (Bri-Sofl) 

FSIm 

A process simuEatfon system for the AnJga. ll 
calculates complsK systems consisting of al- 
gebraic and dlfterentiat equations aru shows 
the results in a graphic representation, A user 
v^lh only a small knowledge of C program- 
mfrn is ab<ie to use iFSim to create compfeN 
models and connect them to a comfonable 
user interface. Vi.o, binary only. By Jens 
Hartkopf 

Sllcer 

A program for creating abstract art baaed on 
mathematical functions, such ss, the Mandel- 
brot set, Julia sals, and related abstractions 
{chaotic dynamical systems). Features in- 
ckide fasE fixed or loafing point arithmetic, 
niany c^FFerent Functions, many computation 
options, many coloring and rendering options, 
PaEcti mode, n^uitl pass mode, and Four di- 
menslorKal navioationr Tfie pictures It makes 
can be thought of as cross sections or 
"slioee* reveaTng the Insldes of solid obfacfs. 
V2.1 an update to V2r0 on disK 634. Binary 
only. By Gary Teachout 

CONTCMTS OF DtSK 837 

AquBPack 

This package Is a replacement of the old 
Aqu^um program. NewFisli, NewAqua and 
ClIAqtia support a packed database but are 
ajfio compaioble with the old (iinpacked) 
database. The ervtire pac^kage supports a us- 
er configurable database palh. CliAqua has 
tt>e sanKi luncllons as NewAqua, but la con- 
irolled ^ CU. It has an Interface to instal on 
a BBS. AguaPach is written in SA3-C. hJew- 
Flfih Is V271, NewAqua is Vi.oi, and Cli- 
Aqua Is V1r01. Source Is avaNatt^e Irom the 
author. By SHvano Oescfi, Paul WittVkief 

Life 

Another ^wston of Tomas's Life game. Fea- 
tures include wrapping the screen as in a 
torus. Independent semng of the horizontal 
and v^rtFcai resolutions, compubng only a 
specific number of generations, red^play on- 
ly every H generations, a macro language to 
set up tniflal generailonSr and more. Works 
with hcriiontarresofutlon& up to 262^1 1£ P»x- 
ets and vertical resolutions up to 65',^5 pi?^- 
ets. V6.1, an uP£%e to V5.0 on cflsk 316. in^ 
dudes source. By Tomas Rokicid 

Unix&j'rs 

A program wtiJch intercapts calls to 
dosJibrajy to add the UNIX style '/ and '..' 
syntax for current aM parent dtrectoriss, re- 
spectively, to liiie and path narr>es. I.E., you 
can refer to flies in the current directory as 
',/foo' and fites In ihe parent directory as 
',./fco', or any combtrtallon of tt>e two. SEnilar 
to program on disk 3^1, but Independently 
developed Includes source. By Maitin Scott 

C0I4TEMTS OF DISK S^Q 

ABachup^ 

A powerFul backup utlMLy, thai may be used 
both for hard disk backup and for file archiv- 
ing. Fe^ures include a full Intuition inrerface, 
a ^tch" mode, save/load file selection, sup- 
port tor HD floppies, siq^ort for XPK Hbrary, 
a child task for disk writ^H snor recovery 
when writing to a <&iW, cyclic tiackup to and 
restore from several dives, optionaf data 
corripre«aion, function to rnbultt the calalag 
sitppoft for both soft and htard links, and 
more, indudos French and English veraiona. 
V£.40h an update to V2.D0 on disk ZftO. 
SharewEtre, t>lnary only. Gy Denia Gounelle 

GZIp 

<3t^G zip it a compression ulillty designed to 
be a repfacement tor 'oompreas , lis main ad- 
vanlages over compress are much better 
compression and Freedom From patented al- 

Sorithms- GZip currenity defauttfr lo using the 
277 atgomhrn used in zip 1.9 but can also 
decompress files created by zip, compjess, 
or pack. VI. 0.5. includes source. By Jean- 
loup Gaifty 

LE-NAG 

LeverEdge NAG Is a program to remind you 
ot events before you miss them. Events can 
be scheduled to occur once o^ repeaf daily, 
weekly, monllilv or yearly. You can be aFened 
of the event in a number of ways from a 
screen Hash lo a message requester. 
V&3.03.03. an updato to V92riO,2l on disk 
7S1. Sttarewafe, binary only. By Craig M, 
Lever 



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COmr^NT^ OF DISK S39 

Japanese 

Two prowams to help teach Japanese. 
"Word A Day" Is a popup program k> put in 
your WSStartup drawer, ft wjirrandomR' se- 
lect one word out oF ll's lOld word dataoase 
and dsplay It along with the English. 
'Japanese Vocabulary" Is a quiz type Ja^ne- 
se vocabulary bulkier. Both programs are 
star>dal«ne arx) oompleto, and also wodt with 
Ihe 'Japanese Taldng Picture Dictionary" by 
lite same author. 6y Wayne Oul^ey Sr 

LazyBench 

LazyBench Is a utility for iazy people with a 

hard disk crammed full of ^oocfies which are 
difUcult to reach because they are burled 
away In drawers Inside drawers Inside draw- 
ers fnstde drawerSrr- Supports tools ar^ pro- 
jects and both OS 1,3 and OS S.xx versions 
are supplied with this dFalrfbulion. LazyBench 
(or the OS 1,3 opens a little wirtdow on the 
WB screen and delivers a fully configurable 
menu which brings up to 30 atppflcalKins at 
^ui fingertips. iJ^yBerKh for^.ine OS Z.kh 
adds an item under the WB "Tddla" merUr In- 
staRs itself as a Commodity and waits In the 
background. Use Its: hoi key oomblnatlon lo 
pop its ^ndow and then select an application 
rem a ilel of up lo 100 appncallonSr Binary 
only. By Vtfeilhar 'Mird^o' Plranl 

SSW 

Solar Sysiem Wars Is a game simitar to 
Space Wars, pitting two players against each 
othef. In orbir around lo 3 stars. You can 
choose Irom 4S diffefent solar systems, or 
use Ihe random syslem selector tor a difler- 
ent challenge every round. A variety oF 
weapons are avaiiarble. Supports two tjulton 
bysilcks bui does nol r«qulTe them. VLl*, 
Inary only. By James Clevertfon 

Trashlcon 

A WB Z.K t^pficatlon icon to delete files. Puis 
an Icon at a possibly user defined position on 
the WB screen, tiiat deieles s^i fite& that are 
draoged onto it, V1.2, binary only. By Mark 
McPnerson 

COr^EMTS CF DISK MO 

OciaMED 

A music edilor which was originally designed 
for making music For programs (demos, 
games, et^, bui works well as a standalone 
music program as well Octaf^ED is toe &- 
channel version ol MED, This is a freely dls- 
tributsible retease oi the fully functional com- 
mercial V2.0, Versions later then £.0 remain 
commercial and are *not^ fn&aly redis- 
tributable al this time. Previous releases were 
Vl,00b on disk 579 and a demo ol V4r0 on 
disk 75&. Binary only. By Teijo Kinnunen ar>d 
Ray Burt-Frost 

CONTENTS OF DISK. 941 

AniMan 

AniMan combinss Amiga animation, speech 
synthesis, and voice reco^itiDr, to provide 
you with an animated talking tiaad that will 
lun any Amiga program by voiC9 command. 
Ask for an Anilga program "by name, ^nd Ani^ 
fAan wil oblge. fF jVdMan becomes impa- 
Sent, you may be insulted. Anift'tan will also 
recite poetry rf you ask nicely. It is designed 
to work with the F*erfect Sound 3. Audio Mas- 
tar (Audio Ma£pc), or generic audio dfgifeefS- 
AlsD requires 1MB of fast memory. This is 
VE.O of AniMan, an update to Va.2 cfislt 723. 
New features inc^e supporl for AGA and 
improved performance. Binary only. By 
Flichard Home 

Gi^lnfo 

A small program that gives information atKut 

GIF KJss, Such as size, numt>er of ockirs. etc 

Irtdudes documentation in English and 
French. V^\.^2, banary onfy. By Clirlstoptie 
Passuello 

FowerData 

Patches AmlgaDOS, enabling allprograms to 
read end write tiles packed wrth PowerPacker 
11 way that is completely Hansparenl to Them^ 
selves and the system. Programs writ read 
powerpack^ datatiles dNectly, and will also 
magieaHy start compressing Uisir own 
datalEiee, as they create or update them. 
V3a.li5, an update to V3fl.l05 on disk eot, 
PartaBy loca^ fof use with we 2,1. WB 
£,04-i- only. Shareware, binary only. By 
Michaef Beig 

CONTENTS OF DISK $42 

AntiCioloVIr 

A link virus detector Itiat detects 30 different 

such viruses. Checks your disk and memory 
for known linAi viniseSn and can also detect 
krrawn bootNoek viruses in menwry. V^&, an 
update to V1.7 on disk Si 5. Shareware, bina- 
ry ont>'. By Matihias Gutt 

C^adTo 1 a Box 

A program that lets you draw/edil GadTods 
gadgets artd n^enus and then generates the 
comesponding C or assembly code for you. 
V2.0, an update to VI .4 on dEsk 731. Includes 
source. By Jan van den Baard 

CONTENTS OF DISK 043 

Browsafll 

A "Pro^emmer's WS\ AlEows you to easily 
and convenEomiy move, eopy, rename, and 
delete files & dlrecfones using the mouse. Al- 
so provides a mettiod to execute either WB 
or CLI programs by double- clicking them or 
by selecting them from a Parfiit like fnenu with 
lots of arguments. iJses whatls.library lo de- 
tect tile lypes and executes commands t>as8d 
on these, V2.13 tor AmlgaDOS t.3 and 2.31 
for AmlgaDOS 2.0 {localized). Update to 
V2_04 on disk 649. Binary only, By Sylvain 
Rougier and Pierre Canalte 

IMeMeter 

A WB 2.0 only version oF Mel^eter (only SOOO 
bytes). Update for ortglnol MeMew, which 
djdnt work under £.0, Indudss nurue in C 
By Pierre Carretta 

Parltf 

Parametrable Menu, ParM a@ows you to build 
menus lo run any program in either in WB or 
CLI mode. This is an alternative to MyMenu 
wti^ch can nin only wtien WB is loaded: ParM 
can fiave it's own little window, can attach 
menus to tt>e CU window you are running It 
■torn, or to the WB menus, just like MyMenu. 



64 




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Run Windows"' applications 
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PC -Task 3 can access up la 
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Now you can run Windows"' on your 
Amiga® with no additional hardware* 

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• Supports MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA & SVGA 

• Use up to 256 colours with AGA Amigas 

• Compatible with graphics boards (e.g. Spectrum) 

• Supports hard disk files & hard disk partitions 

• CD-ROM and high density fioppy .support 

• Run MS-DOS applications in a window 

'-■'- Windows"' 3.1 requires 1.5 MB Contiguous RAM 



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Versions 3.6 & 4.3^ ^n updafte va V3.6 on disk 
€4^. Qlnary only, ay SylvaJn nougisr and 
Pierrg Cafrette 

WBRun 

A RuflBack slyte program which use 

paTitiJibrary, Rune programs in WB mode 
froin any cLI. ProgrAms are Fully deratdwd. 
ma orocpam vou run mu&t suppon WB start- 
up, fncludes source In C, Versions 1,3 and 
S.O. By Sytrain Rougfer and Pferre Carres 

Wha«8 ^, ^, _, 

WTiatlE,ll?rary can detect file types and is fully 
parflmetrablfl by an ascfl flifl. You can de- 
scribe file types and ttiay v^UI bs recognized 
by the \lbrwy- A few tools are also IncfMed 
ay Sytvain Ro<fgper arid Pierre Carrette 

CONTEfrrS OF DISK S44 

DBS 

DlgHral Breadboard ta a full 3UI digital (ogic 
drculf slrrtuJator. Dlallal Breadboarct gyrrerrth; 
Bupporte 2 artd a input AND, OP, NftNO, ana 
NOR aatesi NOT and XOR gales, D, JK, and 
SR ea»-1i1agefed Jip-(iops, mulUple inda- 
pendant ctows.awitch-ed and pulsed inputs, 
mtpuls. Vcc, QrJD, Independanit 4-cftanrel 
oeclUoeoope, event counters, viable spead 
drrer, preterefices piinlinQ, and rnora. Ra- 
quires AmigaDOS 2.K. Vl.l, frMware, binary 
only. By Din Griffin 

NakFrint 

A label datsbaee v^hich prints and etores disk 
labels tor 3.5" and 5-25 disks. Prirmarifly cre- 
ated aa a combined database artd pdnl utlUly 
for FD disks, II inclueJes easy-to-use labet li- 
brary functions fltke printing labela for a 
whwe FD series in one turn or muldgle pnnt 
of ooa label) and labete l«r mast FD disks 
vrtiich are availabte wttwn a few mouse 

dicks. Features include S fast search routine, 
user^efinabls label layout, drfferent label 
dies, inliition-based disk dirflctorY read-In 
and a lot more. Very configurable. Works fine 
v^rtfi every printer ccnnecled to ilis paraltel 
port and AmioaOS 1.2, 1r3^nd 2x Ins vet- 
slon now incrudM DESKJET support tor sin- 
dlQ labej sheets. lrtC(LJde& both EngirsfiJPAL 
& NTSC) a/id Gernian versions- V3-59, an 
Lqxjate to ^3.5t on disk eS5. Shareware , bi- 
nary only. By Jan Geie^er 

CONTENTS OF DISK $45 



Imagine staoing Language, a dei:oTripiief and 
compiler which allow me user lo create and 
motfiiV ImagEtie slaglrvg flias in a manner 
much more _powerfuT than Ihat provided by 
Imagine itseff. Imagine is the 3d renderlTug 
and animation prooram p*d?|Est>ed by ImpuJse. 
ISL does not requfre any particidar version of 
AmigaDoS, but It only worfcs with v2.0 of 
Irrtagrne- Vl.4^ binary only. By Jotin T. Grleg- 
3= 

Sa'kwfl. a ctijldren's game from t^orthenn 
China, as described by Clifford A. Pickover in 
tvs book 'MAZES for the MIMD. computers 
and the unexpected"- Reguires WB 2.04 or 

fB^er. VI. 1, binary only, B/^LR.Mohowittsch 

TftxtPlua 

A leX (ronlend v^Ofd processor that provwes 
facltlHes for lables. lists, mailmerge, fool- 
notes, inclusion of 1FF graphics, an AResx- 
Port {111 commands) and full OS2.0/3,0 
oompatlbJDty. Makes use of PaeleX, Georg 
Hessmann's Amiga imptementallon oi TeJC 
New features are support for LaTeX, Make- 
Index (automaik: index generation) and print- 
fng via PRT: (TeX ts not needed tor jhe lat- 
lerl- Ttiis s the German V4,10, an update to 
V4.00 on disk 700. Disk 346 contaifis the Eir 
dish version. Sfiereware, binary only. By 
Martin Steppler 

CONTENTS OF DISK 846 

FlliCache 

This package is for conipiier and assamciler 

writers, (t imptemenis a cache for include Ifles 

with a file cache server. Can greatty speed up 
compHatJon arKl assemblrng- Binary only. By 
Chrlstoptie Passuelh; 

lObject 

A linker library that emulates 5ome gadoels 
of ttie gadtooEs library (CheckBox, Cycle, Bill- 
ion, Scro^r. Integer, Strino] and an area of 
text with scrolling. Works wrth ail ver&lone of 
WB, Includes exampEes ftnd dccumenteflon 
in EngiFsh and Frencti. Binary only. Sy 
ChiistDphe PasauellC} 

TextPluB 

A TeX fromtend word processor thai provides 
facllitl^ for tables, lists, maHmerge, foot- 
notes, irtdusjon of IFF oraphkB, an ARexx- 
Port (iti commanas) and full O52-0/3.0 
compaiibility. Makes use of PasTaX, Geoi^ 
Hessmann's Amiga im(riernontatiDn of Tax. 
New feamies are s^spofl for LaTeX, Make- 
Index (automatic Index oenerabon) and print- 
ing via PRT; (TeX Is n^ r»eaded'for the lat- 
ten. Tbls Is i;he English V4,10, an update to 
Vl.OCi on iilsk fOff. Disk 846 contains the 
Gentian version, Shajwvare, binaty only. By 
Martin Sloppier 

CONTENTS OF OlSK 837 



A comfortable a^d fle:<ible address diabase 
with font sensitive vjindows. ocmmodlly sup- 
port, applicalJon window support, an ARexw- 
port, pijoEle screen support, and lully conlrol- 
labla from the keyboard. It InolLides us^ itags 
(grouclndl, email support, and ^eely confEg- 
uroble 1^1 printing. It can fill oul lelfer forms 
and call your word processor, print remittance 
orders, c^ai the modgm, and n^ts online bet). 
Requires AmfgaDOS ^2.04 or later- VI. 01, 
Gemian version only. Shareware, binary on- 
ly. By Jan Geissler 

MldlQhorda _ ... .1. 

A program which replaces and eidends the 
chord-key- plavfunclion, as may he found on 
several row priced l<eyboards. To make full 
U3B of this code a MIDI Inlerface ard a key- 
hoard capable of M IDE reception is ret^uired, 
however, a limited audio ouipiit is available 
loo. Some special hafmonic routines are; 
Chord Finding, Sequencing and Random 
Play- Chorda and sequeni^es are ptayed by 
simple mouse clicks and recorded Secifll^ 
can be saved {3r>d loaded). Ort-iilne informa- 
tion may be switched on/off. V9.£, binary on- 



ly. By Ttieo Brugman 

CONTENTS OF DISK 846 

Amiaa E 

An Ainlga spacifsc E compiler. E Is a powwiul 
and flexible procedural proaramming lari- 
guage and Aml^ E a very lasf compiler for ll, 
with features such as compilation speed of 
20000 lines/minute on a 7 mvz amiga, inline 
assembEer and linker Fntegratod into compiler, 
large set oE Integrated functions, module con- 
cept with 5.04 rneliides as modules, flexible 
type- system, quoted expfessions, rmmediate 
and lyped llste, low level polymorpnism, ex- 
eepsHjn handtmo ard much, much more- Writ- 
ten in Assamfahf arKl E. VE.Ifc, an update to 

V2rt on disk GlO. Public domain- includes 

partial sources. By Wouter van Ocrtmersaen 

CWeb , , 

A programming toot that allows you to pro- 
oram Top down, by spStting your program Into 
many small, and underllandable modules 
wblcn 'ctangla' tangtes into a compiler under- 
standable file, By applying 'cweave' to ^ 
phogram yoir can produce a pfstty-prlnted list- 
ing lor prooessina with TeK\ V2.7. art updale 
to V2.0 on disk 551, row with full ANSJ and 
C+t srjppon. Includes source. By Donald 
Knuth, Si^^lo Levy, port by Andreas Scherer 

Pakar 

A "fair" version of a casino video poker ma- 
chine in which si deck is dealt randomly. Reg- 
uEar casino rules apply- This fs a vanatton of 
the version that appeared in ttie October 
i3Q2 Df JUMPDISK, The Original Disk i^aga- 
Kino for the Amiga. By .Richard BameNa 

CONTENTS OF D^K 649 

AiniaaPasOHl 

This IS a mini PASCAL compileir, which may 

be used for smaJter projeols, J| Is nol yet quite 

complete and can onty fci& njn from the CLI. 
Works on all Amigas, and OS versions from 
1.2 to 3.1. V1,0, freeware, bmary onty. By 
Daniel Amor 

BackGammon 

The computer version of the g^nia- This is a 
tiny iittte game which runs on wB. Works on 
ell Amigas, and OS versions from t.2 10 3.1. 
Verswn 0.9, iT&eware, binary only. By Igor 
Druzovic and Daniel Anur 

CDTV*Pl9yer 

A utility for all those people, who d like 10 play 
Audio CD's while multrtasking on WB. It's an 
emuiatpon of CDT'^^'s remote control, but is a 
IlltlQ more sophtsiicated. Allows access to the 
archive even wittroul a CDROM drive (i.e. 
AMIGA 500-4000). aJlhough you cant pEar^ a 
CDr Program and KARAOKE (live on- 
soreen) Included- Recognizes CDs automati- 
cally. 'VI .a, an update to V1.5 on disk 805. 
Freeware, binary only. By Daniel AmcM" 

MathPkit 

A function plotter wlith IWlog plot, a complete 
KS 2.0 interface, ^xi APexx suppofl- Needs 
KSfWB 2.0 and mlooLllbrary (Indudedl. 
V2.01, an update to VI ,04 on di^ 573. 
SItareware. source afvailabte frorr^ author. By 
Ruediger Drejer 

Demo of a real time mapping of s reflection of 
3 graphic onto a sphere. Is system friendly, 
muiiitasl^, and uses en Intuition screen. Writ- 
ten in C with smaJl assemblsf asspsr IncJudes 
source. By Adisak Pocharayon 

CONTEKTSOFDISK&50 

4-43et-lt 

A fully playable i^rslcn of an arcads cjuarily 

puizte same v^lth lO iavals. The full version 

nas almost ZOO levels ard 700K->- additional 

arapfiics. Impressive sound and graphics. 

Requires 1 WB, Binaijr only. By Adtsak 

Pocnanaycn 

FastGIF 

A very fast GIF viewer vinth a grapiiical ns^i 
ioterfaoe, flfe requester, support for AGA 
chips set, support for viewing in a WB win- 
dow, IFF saving (ragistweu version ont/}, 
artd GlFS9a compabilfty. Includes English 
ar>d French versions, ^er^lon II (1.01), an up- 
date 10 VI .00 on disk 690. Shareware, binary 
only. By Chrisiophe PassueNo 

MlneFleld 

Another MineReld pfogjam. This one has 
nice graphics, sounds adjustable parameters, 
and a 9D took intSflace . By Adisak 
Pochanayon 

COMTENTS OF DISK SSV 

AmIgaWorld 

AdEuabaee program ttiat [>antalns informatiDn 
about every country on Earth. It enables you 
to have a bok at the daia of one country, or 
to compare several countries. It is easy to 
hartdle, ani^ you can use it with your favourite 



colors, lont, and even lanouage (at ihe mo- 
ment there are English, eerman, Swedish 
and Dutch data fiTe&). RiQulree 1MB of 
memofy. This is freeware Vl,1, an update to 
V1 -0 on Disk 804, New features include infor- 
mation about currencies. Modula-2 source is 
syllable from the author. By Wolfgang Lug 

ArmyMlner 

An utimate "XMines-type" gane thai inte- 
grates all ot the best aspects of the prevkius 
Amiga veraorra of the ^amo. Oplkins Include; 
Automatically mark or clean fw neighliours 
ot a square; Safe Start (no e^xploston at frral 
dick); Safe click [gadget-Ilka behavwr for 
aguares); Question marks (for ootifigumtion 
analysis). You car also specify your own cus- 
tom board sel^ngs. Ths gamS has a verjr 
useful pause opnon, sound effects, hlgh- 
scotre tables and a very nice interface, it 
works under OS vl.a or'E.O, NTSC or PAL 
V1,0, binary only. By Alain Laferrlere 

Graph Paper 

Creates graph paper. You Epeeify the size 
and number of cycles In bolti the X and Y di- 
recttona. Each major Sy^& may be drvkJed in- 
to minor cycles and mav be linear, logarith- 
mlc, or logflog. It will print the graph paper on 
any preferences supported g^^htcs-capabte 
printer. Vt.2, includes source, sy Bin Ames 

HypwANSI 

An ANSI edptln^ pfogram. Allows you to edl! 
up to 999 pages at a time, wcth a unique 



'transparency" mode which aflows you to sea 
through' lf>e pages { and save as a single 
p^el. Other features inclode; Copy, r^jve^ 
FiirReiilace, fkiod till. Text afjgnment &justl- 
flcation, line drawing, character painting {col- 
ors and/or text), half character palr^itlng, and 
keyboard remapprng for all SS& fBM dharac- 
te4^ „-Pius more: vi.6, an update to V1.02 
on disk 803- Shareware, binary ondy. By Mike 
D, Nelson 

SInglaFIlP 

A small uflFtty that can be used to determiw if 
there are duplicate fifes or directooes on a 
olven volume, it can be used to help sawe 
hard disk space and reduce backp dmes- CLI 
usaoe oniy, V1.0, binary only, shareware By 
Phil ucbransW 

CONTENTS OF DISK S52 

CPUar 

A small hack. Inspired by CPUBIlt, that r^- 
plAcas the BftClear routine of the o^hlcs !t- 
brairy with a highly opiimlied Ba020 (or 
higher) routine. This results m about a 60'Mi 
sp^ed up on a 6S020 and sboukJ be even 
more on a 6fi03<W6S040r V3r£0, an update to 
V2.0 on disk number 709, includes source. 
By Peter Simons 

DrlginaDemo 

Demo version .. __ _ ._ ^ 

pragram. The number of reconSs is limited 1 
praciKe only by available memory and stor- 
age- You may track attributes of peoiple, sifch 
as date and place of biih, death, burial, and 
marriages, and parent/chlld relationships- De- 
tails such as baptism, irrtmigralion, and occu- 
patkir^ are also allowed for.Ttepo^: Indil^du- 
al, family group, pedicree, Ahnentafel, de- 
scendants, TJny-TafeT alphabetlcai lists. 
Free-tomi text tof sources and noies^ display 
of IFF pictures: ARexx functions. The demo 
versFon allows a limited number of lecords, 
has printing of some reports disabled, ana 
hes <2EDCfDM utilities removed. Requires 
minfmum l MB of ram, OS Vl,3 or greater, 
and arp.lFbrary. VI. OS, binary only. By Jeff 
Lavin 

ReSourcel>imo 

Demc veraon of tf^ commercial dlsassem^ 
bier- Very fast^ intelligent, Interactfve. Over 
900 menu functions. Most of the Amiga struc- 
ture names are available at the touch of a key 
(user-defined stTuctur«s also supported). 
Sase- relative addressijig, uslr^ any address 
tealsier, is supported for dtsa^sembling C 
programs- Choice of fraditional ^K syntax or 
the ns<w M6SOOO Family :9yntax. OrVllna hy- 

esrtext help. Requires minimuin t MGof lam, 
fS VI .3 orcreafer, and arp-library. V5.12, an 
upd^ate fo VQ.06 on dish number 232, Nnary 
only. By Qlen McDiarmid 

CONTENTS OF DISK 653 

ADloHT .,..., 

A prooram to cpnvert AutoDcc-Hioa lo Aml- 

ga'QUilde' format Creates links to (unctions 
and inciude-fir«s. Requires 0S2.a-». V1.O1. 
Includes source, freeware. Bv Christian 
Stleber 

ApplStzer 

An Applcon Utillly to get the size of disks, di' 
rectories or files. Sives Ihe size in bytes, 
blocks and the actual size occupied. Now 
supports S tooltypes and command line op' 
t^ons for the po^Etloning and replacement of 
the infernal Applcon, and for tha pcsiticning 
ol the ouiput window. Requires K3 37.17& or 
hlciher- Version 0.6 1h an update to version 
0-41 on disk number 802. Binary only. By 
Grard Comu 

Vm lead you through documents that are 
written Lo be used with the legendary 
'Am*gaGu*de' from Commodore. An ARexx 
port gjv^ access to It from Other appSloa- 
Ttons, Reguires OS 2jt. Vl.17e an update lo 
VI ,15a on disk numtjer 7SG. Shareware, bi- 
nary only- By Bernd (Koessi) Koesling 

IconAutharDemo 

A replacement for IconEdil^.i:. IE can trans- 

fcrm IFF imagea or bnjshes into ressed 2- 

BitPFane bnishes or icon files that match Ihe 

WB2.0 colors. Online help i& available via 
'Hyper'. Ltemo version HmJted to processing 
crowded demo Image only. Requires OS 2-x. 
vI.OBh an update to Vi,06 on disk number 
786. Shareware, binary only- By Bamd 
(KoessJ) Koesllng 

MspTrix 

A texture map/backdrop generator featuriru a 
large number of fraicta] eftecTtB includino 
mountains and ckjuds. wave synthesis, and 
"fitatrc" fiensrators. Also has same image 
processing tools^ includind emboss, ruifflan, 
oenvohitlons, resizing arvl srrocith, Suppcrte 
DCTV if available. Requires Amlg^OS 
2.04+ . V 1 .0. shareware, binary only. By 
Alexander D. DeBuie 

PhxAss 

PhxAss Is a cornplete macro assembler, 
which suppofls the instmction-sat and ad- 
dressing modes of all Important Motorola pro- 
coaeors 

{MC680O0,eS0l0,aaO2I),68O30.6B04O,eS8ax 
and $£tB5l), It understands all OOmnwn as- 
aermbler-^rectlves and can generate not only 
linkable ctbject'^fes but also atisolute code, 
which can be written to memory, to a llle or 
dtrecUy to disk using the trackdrs^.devlce'. in 
all cases tte iisei" has the opportunity to 
choose betvnen the large and small 
codeWata-model. Version V3.00, an update 
lo version V2.1 1 on disk 7*9- Binary only- By 
Frank Wdle 

PhxLnk 

Linker lor Amiga-DOS obiect-fites, which also 
supports the emaJl-oode^data model. Version 
VrSS. an updale to version V1.27 on disk 
749. Binary only- By Frank W^Be 

<3Dfsk ^ ., , u 

A WB 3.x or better program to display the 
space usage of your Amiga DOS devices- (A 
WB type *mfo' comntandi Also shows other 
Informalion relating to drives. Su_pports tool 
types to position windows and set a warnirn 
flag when soace usage becomes h(gh, VI -iI, 
binaiy only- By Norman Baccarl 

CONTENTS OF DISK SS4 



A (Ssk utility wllfi multidrtve disk egpEer {eM'ar 
DOS or non-DOS disks], disk forraatler, ifisk 
eraser, disk installer, and noppy dis3i ctwdHr, 
V4-1 , an update to V3.0 on disk number ao*. 
Binary only. By Malcolm Harvey 

OBAFU 

'Draw a function". Display any rrralheiTtatKal 
function by itself or overlay on top ol a preirt- 
ou^y displayed function: Can also rialaitate 
integrals over those functions. Save the resul 
in an IFF or ACBti^f file (disal^led in th^s demo 
version), Menv screen mode/dispEay Ofltiom. 
indudes an fsBEXX interface and its own 
BciiptinQ language. Version 0.82, com^tlWe 
with WB 1,^1.3^.0, ^nary only. By Andreas 
Klelnert £ Ulrlch Degens 

Upeat 

Dtek cafalog _program- Read file infcrmanon 
from diBkB, store h In a catalog m memory, 
Ssf^cad catalogs to/from disk, display cata- 
log In sevefBl ways, select fiiee to be dis- 
■■■-■Td, print [selection of) catalc^, 32 uMf 



yoi 
boi 



_jflnaWe caiegorles, add commer^ to files in 
cafalog. VI .0, freeware, binary onty. By Fra;is 
Zuydwijk 

CONTENTS OF OfSK «55 



A tiny utility to create surprise, surprise ban- 
ners. By default BANNER uses an Inlenial 
font that Is Ideal for title pages or sources 
headers. You rrwy also render your oanner 
from any amtga font with (nearfy) unlimtted 
for^ aiie and vaflable aspect- VI .4, binary 
only. By Tobias Ferber 

KWORCS 

Part 1 of a complete RCS 5-6 port to the 
Amiga currently al patch 3aval 2. tt 1s not 1^ 
lated to the old FlOs on Disks sai , i&Z Sl 
451, but all new and shiny. The Revision 
CofttroJ System (PCS) manages mufliple revi- 
sions <A tent files, RCS automates the storlr>g, 
reirieval, logging, tdendlfcatlon, and merging 
of revisions. HCS Is useful lor tesd tfwl is re- 
vised frequently. For axampile; programs; 
docuffienlatlon; gfaphic^; papers; form let- 
ters; etc. Induded are RCS^.e, GNU DIFF 
1.15 and LP as a neat V37 line cnnl ulHUy. 
Compt&te source^ are contatned in part 2 of 
tiiB drsfribution on disK number 656. By 
Many, ;^mlga port by Heinz Wrobel, docs pre- 
pared by hfena-Joaenlm Widmaier 

►tflycai^ ^ <- ^ . 

Provide up (0 10 hotkeys using F1-F10 and 
your choice of quaQfler. the advantage of us- 
ing hotkeys as opposed to menu w docking 
programs etc. Is d course, that the keyboard 
IE always available regardless of the screen 
ou are currently workrf>g in, Compatible with 
joth 1.3 and 2.x syetems. Vi.3-£, binary only. 
By ^*ck Seymour 

LP 

A very powerful toot to prepare teid files for 
printer output, Otters a great variaty of op- 

Fions ircluding indention, page fieaders, page 
numberina multi-columns and WITH files, rn- 
cludes Tfand FILES, two utilities to check 
your printer output and create WtTH Ties for 
LP. Vi,1S, rndudos source in C. By Tobias 
Ferber 

CONTEWTS OF DISK 856 

BuMerJames 

A ^ateb^se program designed primarily for 
address managemerit but car be used for 
other purposes as well. Hotkey activated, ai- 
lows you send selected groups of data di- 
rectly to the keytnard Inpul sfream or printer. 
Very useful to avoid having to conNnuously ^ 
enter an often used address into your favorite 
word processor for enafflple. Compatible wth 
OS 1.2/1.3/2.0 Binary only. By Chrlstoph 
2ens 

Docking ope 

An ILBMT>ock-lnagea-pKture wilft a collec- 
tion or Pock- Imaoas tor AmiDock (Oary 
Knighti or the ToolManager (Stefan Becker] 
OT a simtlar program. By Various, collected 
and submitted by V^olf-Peter Dehnlck 

HWGRCS 

Part 2 of a complete RCS 5.6 port to the 
Amiga currently at patch level 2, h is not re- 
lated to the ofd nCS on Disks 2S1, 2S2 & 
461, but all now and shiny- The Revision 
Control System (RCS^i manages mun?:Je revi- 
sions of text files, RCS automataa ttie Storing, 
retrieval, loggba Wentillcation, and merging 
of revksters- ncS Is useful tor text tttat is re- 
vised frequently. For example: programs; 
documentation; graphics; pabers; form let- 
ters: etc. includ^ &e RCS &.6. SNU DIFF 
1,15 and LP as a neat V37 line print utility- Bi- 
naries artd doouriientation are contained in 
part 1 of the distribution Ofl disk number e^S. 
By Many, Amiga port by Helr« Wrobel» doca 
prepared by Hans- Joacnim Wldlmaier 

CONTENTS OF DISK a&7 

Anlrrt Brushes 

Ekiht AnlmBrushes tot use wrth ToolManager 
£.0 (Copyrfghi (C) 1990-g2 Stefan Becker). 
They have oeen designed for a four coaor 
non.-l nteFlaced hi-ras screen. By Grard Comu 

Eval 

A fuU-faatured floating po^nl expression evaf- 
uator that can assign variables, ha« many 
buHlt-in frjnctions and constants, alkjws input 
and output in any number base, and uses a 
C-fJke syntax for expression evaluation. Fult 
ANSI C source is irKluded and easily 
portable to other platforms. VI. 12, irtdudes 
soume. By Will Wenninger 

MekePatch 

Scans a file for changed, inserted or removed 
bytes and ^ves these changes to a small 
patchirie. This fiia conlaina allihe Information 
for the supplied "Patch'Em" program to patch 
an old vei&ion Into the new one. Very useful 
and time-saving for sending updates to Beta 
testers for exampae. Not just Ibnited to pro- 
grams, you cart use MakePatcfi/Palch%n 
with an kinds of data; graphics, sound, Iharc 
archives, etc. Version vo.017. Includes as- 
sembly source- Requires OS 2,04 minimum. 
By Peier Simons 

Solitaires smp 

Sampler pacl^ge of ar mle^grated collection 
of Tve Solitaire card oames. Included are: 
Carlfon, Martha, Pas Seul, Stder and Pokec 
Squares. Ncely done, wllti online help and 



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instrwtiQrts. Binary only. &y Ricfiard Brown & 
Tower Software 

A draftina tool thar Is bitmap orisnleO rather 
than object oriefiled. Tha oHghal intent wrth 
UOr&i/i was to provida a n^echan^siri for the 
rapid drawlrvg c<f soharrtatic dlagrans. t-towev- 
er, UDraw has applications bwond this ftnQt- 
nal intent. MaKss heavy use ol "dip boards", 
files ^Ich wntain dipS of variouE Etems that 
are dlspl'BywJ ^miilaneouelv bLU baNnd tue 
work area, psrts of whteh can b« Rfr^d off and 
pfisled to ttw worhirig scrwn. VI .0, binary 
□nly. By Ron St^fkovlcn. 

COrfTEHFS OP DtSK S^S 

^oDumpDrv ^ ^ „^, 

^Ilor9 printer djivsrs Eor DocDuinpV3-Q 

(FFeOO). Included ar^ drivers for Mw NP- 
Deskj^-i-. HP-Daskj8i500 and HP- LaserJet 
SeriealL The Lasenet version uses a soFtforit. 
which l3 ineluded. By Robert Siob 

A program like Stacker oi XPK that allows 
applFcatlQit$ to access cotmpresBed data froFn 
ArrilaaOQS davices without kmwing thatltie 
dala is compressed, and automaitcalty Dom- 
presses rew data. The nie e1» is not lirnitsd 
by memory and the settings o\ the handler 
pan ba ctianoed at any time. V1 A, an update 
ro Vl.O en disk number 809. Shareware, bi- 
nary only. By Jeroslav Mechacsk 

SufMrDark 

A screen blanker with some special feaAure^. 
It 13 similar 10 Mm Aft^cDaik ecieen blanker in 
the PC and Mac worids. Features Include a 
loi of dltteram screan effects, a screen locker, 
and mors. V1.5, an updats to V1.2 on dialt 
number sas. Includes source. By Thomas 
Landspurg 

CONTENTS OF DISK «S» 

DCmp 

A utilily tfial ^lows you To wmpare two drshs 
bbodt by block- Wrlften in order to check Ih* 
reliab^Nly of i^ video -Backup-Systeni, 

fVBS), uCmp can create a file CDnlarr^ng a 
Sst of differing sectors which can be used In 
conlunollon wltti a dislc-aditor to correct Itie 
defacts. VI .51, a/i experimental release. 



Worls with all Xmigas ueling KS 1 .3 or hi^er 
arul supports rectftoolsj.library. Also comas 
with FCmpf fi lUe compare uflUfty, Includes C- 
SDun;3. By ToblfiS Feroor 

D^rKing 

A very powerful replaceman! for the Amiga- 
DOS List' and 'Dir' oommanids. it gives Tull 
control on the format of the drreclory listing 
and wttat information sho^jld be prtnted. The 
direclorv can be sonsd on any Held, or en 
several rislds in the order you wart. Supports 
many filters, such M nsme and date, and the 
filters can be rnade effective on files only, di- 
rectories only or on boUi, You c^an 9l$0 define 
a pattern for each tev#l of (he directory tree. 
Has an LFORMAT option whicft is useful for 
generating scripts. A unique feature is the 
ability to monitor ihfl soarning process. En- 

gllshi venslon supplied, German^ French and 
utdi vershins av3liaE}ia from the author, 
va.l Sa. an update lo V2. 1 1 a on disk number 
7&4. Binary only, shareware. By Chns 
VandJerendonck 

N*irt&ate ^^^ ^ , 

A replacement for G>e AmigaDOS 'Dale com- 
mand. Besides Ihe usual date options, New- 
Date enables date output in your own defined 
format l^ewDate also supports Engltsti^ Ger- 
rnan, French, Dutch, ItaNan. SpanlsTi, Danish, 
Finnish and Polish datenames- VI-ID^ binary 
only, haeware. By Chris VarvflsfeodorcK 

PAHax 

Ftapiaoe strings in any file, wtielher plain text 
files or pure oinary hies. By uslr>g ^cnpfs you 
oan deflre any number of search and replace 

strings to t^e used for prccessing a He, You 
can use all ASCil codes when defining th9$e 
strings, ^o non-printable characters are no 
Hobfem. PARex mak^s patching fliee very 
easy. V2.1 2. binary only, shareware. By Ghns 
VandiererwlDnck 

The Powwpacker Mini Clone. PPfilC Is pow- 
erpad^er.lltn^ry meating gadtools. library. Ets 
a OS2.0■^ uiafty, usefuFfor packing and un- 
packing lext ana data flEes. i\ has a complete 
CLI inleffac« and is localized under 0S2.1 
and higtwr, VT2o, ar update to Vi,® on 
disk 9f2. Some new enhancements as the 
muhlplo file packina and/or unpacking under 
Shelfancf many code optimizations; iricliidea 
Danish, Dutch and French catalogs, a saoSQ 
version, hypertext dcKumervtatlon and source 
for SAS/C, By Reza Elghazi 

COriTEHTS OF DISK ECO 

AzMiAfl 

A work envlTonment lor Altec C, You can 
compile, assemble, link, print, etc your pro- 
orams by crckino a gadgel. Typing In the 
Shell fe out- V2.a7 an update to V1,t on disk 
number &86r Snary onty, shareware. By 
Ctiristlan Frisdel 



An easy to use, versatile, yet full featured 
database program. Search or sort on any 
field, (un)delere records, prlnl mailing labels 
or envelopes, get printouls In marvy formats, 
ecramble files, llag records, and more. Fields 
are user-oonfigLjrable, so bBase can be used 
to keep track of addresses, tape or vkleo col- 
Lectionsn recipe fil^, or an/thlru else you can 
ItiinE^ of one program do«B II afH bBaselll is a 
greatly enhanced siKCSSScr to bBasvll- VI. 1, 
an upgrade to bGasell, version V5-S on disk 
710- Binary onlVn sharewarOr By Robert 
Bromley 

CConvert 

A utility to con/ert IFF f^es to raw bilplarw 
data. It features opiioris to create sprite data 
lists or interleaved bitmaps^ It can ^n^raie 
RAW files as well as irnkabie object files. 
V1.82. Indudea eourc* in awambler. By 
Klaus WIssmann 

Lazy Bench 

LazyBench is a utility for lary people with a 
hard dish crammed Hill of goodies which are 
difficult to reach iKcause they are buiad 
away in drawers inside drawers Inside cfraw- 
ers rnsJde drawers... Supports toote and pro- 



jects and both OS 1-3 and 03 2.w< versksns 
are supplied wlift this distribution. LaiyBerKh 
for Uie OS 1-3 opsns a little window on the 
WE sorter ar^i delivers a fully configurable 

menu which brings Lp to 30 appHcaifons at 
vour finwrtlps. LazySench for ihe OS 2.kx 
atWs anitem under the WB 'ToolsT menu, in- 
stafis llself a? a Commodity and waits jn the 
[jackgrouTtd, Use its hot key comblnatron to 
pop I& wlncKiw and then select en application 
From a list of up to 1 DO aoplicatlons. Versions 
1.01 [OS 1-3) and 1.04703 £.xx), an update 
to llie VI -00 on disk numoer 639. Binary only. 
By Werthei 'Mircko' Pirani 

Mlnterm , ,. . .... 

Minimizes boolefii algebra formulas- Minterrn 
can minimize fomiulas with up to 15 
variables. V2.0 for AmIgaOS 2.04 an higher. 
An oki version {i.lj Is included for users still 
requiring OS 1.2^1.3 compaflbility. Bin^ only 
By Achim Pankalla 

Syfilnfo 

Alirand new release of this popular program. 

It roporte Inlcosling Inforrnation aboul lh$ 
configuratJon of your Amicp, including some 
speed oomparisons with other e&nflsuratlons, 
versiorie of lt>e OS sottware, and mjch mors- 
V3.ie, an update lo va.11 on disk $20, eifta- 
ry only. By Nic Wilson 

CONTENTS OF DISK 861 

AskReq 

Yet another balohfile requester, similar but 

unrelated to the program ol Itw same name 

on disk number &27. Opens up a window, 
displays a message ar>d solreits a Yes/No 
type answer from me user. Requires OSE.x, 
VI .00, both Englksh and Gennan versions 
and intrudes source In C-«-i-- By Karald Pehl 

KlngFleher 

A spsclallzed database tool providing mainle- 
nanoe and search capabilises for the descrli^- 
Itons of disks In the format used by this k- 
brary. KinoFlsher's database can span mullC- 
ple t^loppy) disk votumesn can be edited by 

I'^'xt ediitors that support long iSx\ Dncs, C'Sn 
add dis3(3 directly trom unedited email or 
usenei announcements, can remove disks, 
rebuild a damaged indeit, find nexl or previ- 
ous sDCtware versions, print or export (pans 
of) the database, and more. Includes a 
database 4^ disks 1^50. V1.30^ an update to 
VI. 15 on disk SOB. Binary only. By Udo 
Schueimann 

CONTENTS OF DISK 382 

"Binary Editor And Viewer', is a full featured 
binary file editor. Just atwut any operation 
that you could want to do to a binary Ills is 
possible with SEAV- You can: Insert or delete 
fn the mkldte of a file ftiereby chfln^png It's 
slze^ Edit rnultlple flies in multiple Windows 
and CUE and paste between them: Display 
and edit data In he», octafr decimal, binary^ 
ascli, or ebcdlc formatsi Display data in byle, 
wora, w lono word formats In either Intel or 
Motorola tvte ordering^ Send the formatted 
display mode to a fife or tisint6<- The display 
and keyboard handling functions for BEAV 
are based on microemacs. V1.40, ponabile, 
and includes source and makefiles for sever- 
al other s^ems. By Peter RelHey, Amiga 
port by Simon J Raytwuld 

BEoRhythm 

An IntuFtion based easy-to-use program that 
shc)ws youf S basic QioRhyihms p1ue the av- 
erege-'rhythm", Take a took, dump il to your 
prijvter and make your plans for "when lo do 
what". V2.2, an update to VI. on disk 759- 
Thfs version has some new feaiures and is 
A0Qf>/6 faster. Binary only, PAL version, C^ 
Source avallatrie from aiithor on request- By 
Thofnes Arnfeldr 

GlobeAnim 

An antmalton which displays a smoothly ro- 
tating earth- Includes separate versions for 
bolh PAL and NTSC systems. By Hannu 
htikkola 

PhoiKList 

Srmpie phone list database, unique in the Fact 
that it allows easy usage from either the WB 
fir CLI. Allows you to add, delete, sear=h and 
create an alpha- sorled list- By Michael Hoff- 
mann 

ScopePrlnt 

Simple prooram for displayingfpnntlng Oscil- 
loscope slrnuPaitons of sfns and square 
waves- Presents you with a two-dhannej o- 
scope and allows you to input the frequerwy, 
phase, and amcJftude ofttne signal(s). Vi.O, 
binary only- By Wim Van den Broeck 

CONTENTS OF DISK e53 

OuiArc 

A graphical us^r interface for dl-Pased 
ardiiv&rs like Iha, arc, apen zoo, etc. It has 
the 'look & feel' of a directory tool and can 
perform alf basfc aclicns on archives, such as 
Add, Extract, List, Test, CWete, etc. You can 
enter archives as ^ugfli tiiey were directo- 
ries. You don't iiave to know anything about 
archivsrs. Fully configurable (Archtvers not 
included}. VLIO, reqSres AmigaDOS £.0*. 
freeware, binary only. By Patrick van Beem. 

Luftai 



agonaJty, before your opponent gets five 
"Crosses' In a similiar lashion_ 0, t or 2 hu- 
man players, rewind end ahead buttons. 
Vi.O. freeware, binary only. ^5ource availaf^e 
frojfl author). By Magnus Enarsson 

Lyr-O^at 

A simple, fun prograrn designed to generate 
sentences out of a word Its! and a sentence 
pattern database. German and English 
database included- Vi.O. Binary only. By 
Kartheins KUngbeil of CEKASOFT 

MPE 

A compiler tod (Or user& of ihe MEamiga pro- 
gramming environment- MPE does the same 
Job better Ihan your batch file- You car do ev- 
erything with the mouse or the right amiga 
key. With this hitodii4a-2 Programming Envi- 
ronment YOU can compile, link, and run your 
program. 'When tt>ere Is an error, Ihe editor ia 
started automatically. You can set all switd^- 
es for M2C, fv]2L ^2Make, M^Project, and 



M2LlbLlrVk, VI .W, an update to VI .3* on disk 
7&S. Binary ortiy. B^ Marcel Timmermans 

NetMourit 

A tiny apdbcation thai simplifies the ParNel 
mount prwedure. You need ParHet fsee dis 
400) from The Software DteUllery to use ^^let- 

Mount. BIrtary only. Qy Tobias F^rber 

Molflomv , . , ^ 

A commodity itiat allows you to play sound 
samples wnen a key or moussbutton is 
pressed, or a disk is Inserted or removed You 
can have different sarr^les for the space and 
return keys as opposed lo other keys, special 
samples ror the mousekeys, a sample to be 
played instead of the visual dlsplay-'^^^P 
and more-.. The samples are played in rwno 
or stereo, and tv^O can be played simultane- 
Qusiy. The audio allocatkin pnon^ can also 
be set. Includes several sound samples. 
VI -0, binary only- By David Lsrsson 

PowerPEayer 

A very pov^erful, user friendly and system 
friendly module player. It can handle nearly 
all module-formais, can read powerpacked & 
xpk-packed modules and comes along with 
its own powerful cruncher that uses Itte 
Ih .library- rfis a simple to use interface and 
an ARe)(x port. V3.&, a major update to V$.4 
on disk 7W, tilnary only, raw shareware, 
{Previous versloris wwe freeware.) By 
stephan Fuhrmann 

COhfTENTS OF DISK BG4 

Change 

SmallTJLl-onty program to lranelal» nurnbefs 



Irom one numterlng system to another. Bina- 
ry, octal, decimal and^ hcMadoclrnal numtjers 
ers supported. VI .CO, includes soun:e in 

C*T, ByliarHld Pehl 

MouseAccel 

Yet anoiher mouse accelerator, this one im- 
plemented as a commodity, if you find the 
built-in accelerator too slow, try this one. Re- 
quires a1 least AmIgaOS 2.D4.. VI .07, an up- 
date to Vl.01 on disk 497. Includes german 
version and source in O. By Stefan Stlchl 

SCAMSftQO 

A specialized tfata^se program to store fre- 
quencies and station names for shortwave 
transmitters, it can also control a receiver for 
scanning frequency ranqes. V2.33, an update 
to VE,2e on disk 312. Binary onl^. By Rainer 
Radwelk 

COMTENTS DP DISK 665 

AntiQidoVir 

A link vims detector and exrerrnlnator. Also 

detects oliiat types of vld. This version can 

detect: 126 Bootblock- 12 Link; 23 FHe; 5 
Pisk-VaJidator; B Trojans; and 3 Bombs; Au- 
lomaticaliy ctwcks each inserted disk for 
tjQOlblock arwl disk-validator viruses. Can 
scan aH files of a specified directory for 
known link vinjisos, and constantly monitors 
memory and system vectors. V2.0, an updale 
to Vl.Son dist; 84S- Shareware, binary Oflly. 
By Matthias Outt 

KackftFronl 

Sends a window to the tmck w bnng II lo the 
front wHh defined actions. For example, bring 
a window 1n front by double-clicking in II and 
send It back wUh the middle mouse budon- 
Arvy keyboard or mouse event can he 
trapped, isfumber of reQiared actions can he 
changed (double-dlck vs tripledlck). Irnple- 
menled as a comnKidity, Requires at Isasi 
AmIgaOS 2.04. Vt-09, ar update to VI .03 on 
disk number 497- Includes german version 
and source In C- By Stefan Stichl 

Genealogi«t 

ArJay Genealogist is a specialised database 
lor keeping tra^ of gensatogk^ inlormatlon. 
It features a full, easy to use Lnlullion Inter- 
face. The progran is totally non-sextel and 
secular In nature, and correctly handles multi- 
ple marriases, 'unconventional rnarnages, 
adopted Children, and unmamed parents , 
The printed reports indude descendant and 
pedigree charts, personal details reports, 
fami^ group sheets, and index lists of [>eople 
and f^amilies. Free-ronn note files can be cre- 
ated using any editor, and IFF piclures can 
be viewed usirtg any IFF viewer, from witnm 
the prt>«ran. Other features include dynamic 
on'screen ancestor and descendant chads, 
eKtenaive online conteKt-sensitive help, flexi- 
ble 'regular expressian' searching, and muttf- 
pl» AFiexx ports v^Hi an sKtensiiYe command 
set Up to 1000 people pet database, v^lh 
datal>ases hekl in RAM for maximum speed 
and responsiveness. PAL or NTSC, Amiga- 
DOS S.04+ required. 1 fJeg RAW recom- 
manded- V3.04, binary onlir. By Robbie J 
Akins 

COMTENTS OF DISK 955 



Crunched File e>(aminer albws the user to 
8xamin$ aftd find files using several different 
search criteria. CFX knovra a huge amount of 
the currant Amiga (Betypes, including a vast 
number of "ounrtTter" types. CFX can also 
aiw* In-depth tHsS69e^flbfl9S of crunched files, 
rnduding most address crunched files, relo- 
salw crunched fihes, and some major archive 
crunched lypes. This version requires kick 
1.3 or 3.0- V5.276, an update to V5-242 on 
!flsk number 750. Binary only, freeware. By 
Bob Rye and fii^arcus Mrocikowski 

E>egradef . ,. ^, 

Degrades your machine to try and gel badly 
wr^tien prcgrams to ^ork. Allows you to block 
mernory, add rron- autoconPg rnemory at re- 
set, turn audio fitter on or off, intercept privi- 
lege violation errors, switch off cacti^mur^t 
modes and can slow down a fast machine. 
Also can swap the twoi drive and force SOH^ 
or 60Hz. Will do thicigs straight away, after 
one resei or after every reset. V1.^, an up- 
date to V1-00 on disk number 562. Binary on- 
ly. By Chris Hames 

DIIED 

Th^ Disk REPucer- This program allows the 



Floozy 

Disasserr^iles th? t=^^t^ MJw Htfa 

agement ; 

underslanc 

clear and cor>c 

of Floosy use. .- ^..^,r 

number of mesia^jc^. d.c ^ 

els^yteslzes are ncieu and kniv AA^^b-b 

calculated on these figures. Rcn* M S^ w I 

or £-0. Vl-0204, binary <xij,^9emi9- 1% 

Bob Rye 



An emuTalion of an oscillograph, vAti tw h- 
terrval sl^^tt gersrators. The intsmai sn^ 

can be freely edited, even mathematicaf ue- 



user lo arrange data on a set of d^sks using a 
best (it atgornnm. If you have ever fourw) It dil- 
ficult to figure iusl which files should go onto 
which Ik5ppv, tfien OFIED is for you! Btost of 
the time Jjfiere are exceptional) you can 
achieve 99% fullness of flqppteafmedia. Re- 
quires kick 1,3 or 2.0. V2-QO3-007, binary on- 
ly, freeware. By Bob Rye. IVIarcus 



Uon& can be used. EKtemal ^gnais ran ba 
used when a digitizer is connected let n 
Amiga. This program can be uaed far lean- 
ing, demonstration, and even simpla tecti 
cai applications. The gemuin original and I 
engllsn translation are included, as visa a& « 
seT of oscillations. V2,0, Wnary oi^. Sy 
Michael Gentnsr 

P&TB3k[>entD 

PC-Task is a Software i^-PC emulator. Hal- 
lows you to run the rrfaloflty of IBfJ^-PC soft- 
ware on your amiga with no additional hard- 
ware, fluns just lil^e a normal applicalion a^- 
Icwing multitasking lo continue. The program 
has a graphkral USW Irrterfacfl and ro addi- 
lional fiTesysterrWdevIc© mounfino is required. 
A few aicRs wllti the mouse ang it is oriera- 
tional. VGA. EGA, CGA, MDA. Serial, Paral' 
iel. Mouse, 2 Floppy drives and 2 Hard dhves 
are emulated- The hard dives can be partr- 
tions or hard drive files like tfie brldgebosrd 
can use. This isth& demonBtralton V2.01 ful[ 
version Is available fi'om the author. Binary 

only. By Chris Hames 

XeroK4Q4^ 

A printer driver for printers supporting Ihe Xe- 
rOK 2700 command sei The 404^ (a hulldng 
e PPI^ laser unit}, is probably tt>e most popu^ 
lar member of this family, so il got the name. 
The focus of this version -was to get Ihe dot 
graphic functions worklflo. This appears to be 
working gorrecaj' aS prlfvflng from Profession- 
al Page V2.1 arid Tax Break have been sue- 
c«s$fiil ir 300X300 graphks mods, Vl-C By 
Bob Schulien 

CONTENTS OF DISK S67 

CenterScreen 

A commodity which centers the fronfinoet 
screen hwizonlaSly on hotkey. Useful if you 
normaly operale with overscan screens and 
an old prooram cp#ns a normal size screen, 
Reguires at leasl AmioaOS 2.04. V1 .07, an 
update to VI .03 on disk 497, Includes ger- 
man verskjn and source In C. By Stefan 
Stkiht 

ComplexPfot 

Allows the transfi^rmation of a drawing Ijy a 
comple)! function. The drawing can be ediied 
vvlTh the mouse (line, circle and fiS ntodes in- 
ctuded), and gener^ors Iw tarteslc and pda: 
nate can be ussd. Th* freely editable com- 
plex function then changes the drawing in 
many intere&Hng wayS- Bo(h english and ger- 
man versions are included (an J some demo 
drawings). Vi.O, Wnafy only. By Michael 
Qentner 

DefuxePacMan 

A pacman type game. Commenjial quality, 
with BKceilerfl oraphics and respon^eness. 
Autofflatlially adjusts to either PAL or ISfTSC- 
Can be eofflroHed with a joystick, mouse, or 
keyboard. Written In assemE}ly. v1.4k an up- 
grade to 'PacMan' on disk 717. Shareware, 
binary onfy. By Edgar ful- Vigdaf 

GetDate 

A small program that allows users with an 
A500 or A1 (TOO without a Battery backed-up 
clock to set the date and time from the start- 
up-sequerkce. The ub«" is prompled for iha 
cuntril date and time. Ihe lasl dale/time en- 
tered betom&5 the default for itw next bool 
Binary only. By James Weir 

LeftyMouse 

Yet another LeftyMouse, this orw implement- 
ed as a cornmodlty- Swaps Hie lefl and r^ht 

mousebutton for lefties. Requires at le^t 
AmigaOS 2.04. VI. 06, an update to VI .04 on 
t^sk 4&7, I ncludes german version arxJ 
souTte In C- By Stefan Sticht 

CONTENTS OF DISK 86B 

CDTV-Player ,^ ,^, 

A Lrtrlity tor all those people, wrio'd like to play 
Audio-CD's, While multitasking on WB- ifs an 
emulation ol CDTV's remote control, but is a 
little more sophisticated. Access to it» 
archive sven without a CD-ROM-Drive ft.?. 
AMIGA 5OO-400O1, afthtough ypu can J ptay a 
CD. PROCFIAM * KARAOKE (five oiv 
screen] included. Recognizes CDs automatJ- 
cally- AREXX-Port for usage in ottier pfo- 
grams. V2.0h an updaie to VI , a on disk num- 
Ber 649. FiSH-WARE, binary only. By Damd 



MousaBlanker ^ ^ 

Blanks (he mouse pointer after a defined 
tlmeoul or if you press any key. Implemented 
as a commodity. Requires al least AmigaOS 
2.04. V1.21, an update to V1.13 on drsk497. 
Includes geiman version sod source in C. By 
Stefan Slicht 

Request 

Opens (he OS 2.0 autorequester from sen?* 
(lies. Title, test, gadgais and pubrKScrwn of 
itie requester can be changed by <wnnanD- 
lane opliorts. Requires at least AnnigaOS 2.0^- 
VI .04, an update lo VI. 00 on disk 497. In- 
difljes source Iti C, By Stefan Srkrttt 

FussianFont 

TTirse Russian Veclor Fonts, wttn 5_50s-^^ 
Russian kevmap Ihat matches :■-:- -.izr- 
typewriter- These fonts are cc-=_:i:: t 
Russian Fonts found under '.', 'l__.'. i ^ 
easy exchange). V3.0, updase :c .t:i^ i- 
dlsk number flOS. Designed witfi FonrDesCT-- 
er. BInajy only, sharewa/e, By Darwei Arxr 

SNIauG ^ ^ _ _ . 

A hlgfrly configurable SUN-f?^Ouse u*^L& 

plemented as a comnjoc^ w^ a if^ ^mM 
user inier^aco- it acitvales ihe miJ uw v ^w 
the mouse poinfer If you mow Of ^bt yat 
have moved the mouse or f jou press ^ »- 



67 



Vou can specify litl&s of winctowa whigti sliar 
no! be cteactivaled usfng wildcards. Raqitlras 
at least AmioaOS 2.04, ii5« locsgle, library If 
avaitfibf$. fntludes sngfish arwJ germar docs, 
gernnan catalog file, Vl.'l7. ^arflwu^. bina- 
Ty Oflly, By Stefan Sllcht 

COMTENTS OFDI3Ka6» 

crock 

A sintpte Clock (^irogirain but with Ihe handy 
feaiiuie thflit /ou can *sftapst>crE" the clock to 
s[ay wrtfi any screen or rt can bs free to pop 
to tliB frontmost screen automatk;all>. Up b 4 
sAanu timSa can b6 Bet, wHicii Dan simpiv put 
up a requestsr or cause some program to run 
in background. Hourl^r chimg^ can ajao be 
made to rjn a program (I.E. a sound Sample 
player] . Usas JDcalaJibrary wi4ti OSZ. 1 + 
VS-VO. brnaiy only. 6y BBrnd"^ Grunw^ld 

OL SEPft2 

This Is thg September 1992 release of 
OlieatLlst for the Amtga. Cheaiiisi is a coiiec- 
fion of v^nauS Corm^ g^f hB\p {cheats, hrnts, 
cotfes, etc.) fof Amfga games. Included In itie 
pac:kage ia PokeUef, a similar' (lie which da- 
lalfa poller usable ^*rth the AclEon Replay car- 
Hdge. The September release covers SOO 
gameSn and oin average, another lorty games 
are added each release. Sl^re^afe. Sy Vari- 
ous., carT\p\igd by Peler Monk 

Utir 

A small configurable digitsi dock (Uhr is g^- 
man for "cIock"), that makes use of the Fof- 

matDatef) function in WB 2.1's (oeate-llbraryr 
flequrres at feast KS 2.04 and WB ?.1. 
V1.03, an update to the verslor on disk ?57. 
iTKludes source in C. 8y Stefan Stichl 

CarfTENTS OF DISK 870 

Archive di^lribuiipn of the AmigaGuide nyper- 
le«t utrtty difec! from Commodore. Comaina 
cFeveloper 9Kampl&s and tocris for Ami- 
gaeulM uneJer \/34/V37 and vSa, plus a new 
fre^ print/sigTii&end'i n distribution license for 
ArmlgaGuidQ. amigapuide.Ji brary. WDiS^lay, 
and their Icons. By Comc^Ddore Business 
Macftirws 

FollOHrMoUSB 

A pair of Btnall blinking ayes lollDwing the 
mouse movements on tne screan. Runs from 
both Ibe W0 and CLI. V1.2. an update to (be 
version on disk number 757. Includes sojrce 
in PASCAL. By Kamran Karimi 

Inslalinr 

Archive disfrfbudon of ttia Amiga Installer util- 
Ety direct from CommodtHB. Contarns VI. ?4 
or the Installer, documentation and examples 
for developers to use whan developing their 
soHware. Also cojYtains various eniiancemen- 
is and lixes detailed in the docun^nlatbn en- 
closed. The docunnentaticn has also been er^- 
t\anced and bro<u>9ht up to dale. By Com- 
modore Business Machines 

SaftPfDtect 

A software disk wrtte-proleclton, WKb Wie per- 
miasion of the tjser, disadslea floppy writes 
even on write- enabled disks. Swrfches to 
enableVdisable steles with a gadget, fluns 
irom both WB artd CLI- Ars upriate to 'Ask- 
First' oin disk nbimber 753. Irwtudes source in 
assembly. By Kamrafi Karimi 

SleclcC^eck 

A program ihai del^rmine^ ^ maidmum 

stack usags of art^her progiram It dses a 
compdetsly differenit method tnan all the piher 
stack-watching programs like WatcJiStack or 
Xoper and is very reliable. En mosE cases it 
does not raquire arty CPU time to do irs work. 
V1.0j includes stnirce for Aztec C and GWU 
C. By Gnttier Rbrich 

SWAP 

Memory management may l>e considered as 
one of Itw weak pprnts of^ Amiga OS. SWAP 
Was written aS a rriaf lo provide swappina for 
Ami^s withoul any special hardware. The 
main intention is to iet the user cfico^e a 
task, swap It to disk so that its occupied 
memory is released, and d& other things, t^^t- 
er on, ne oouW swap ihe program 6emA to 
main memory aid lei it continue from ttie 
point It iMas interrupted. Iricludes source in C 
and assemtHy. By kamran Karimf 

WlndowStiuHt« 

Activates and bftngs to front next or previous 
window with hotkeys. Hotkeys can be 
ctian^ed. ImplBmented as a commodtty. H&- 

3uires at least AmigaOS 2.£M. Vl.07, an up- 
gte to VI. 05 on disk 497. Includes gemtan 
version and sourco in C. By Stefan Stlcfit 

CONTENTS OF DISK S71 

ABackirp 

A very powertul backup utility [hat may be 
used both for hard disk backup and for tile 
archiving. Has a full Intuition pntertace^ a 
"batch" mode, can savefload (ile selection, 
handle HD Hopples, use anv ■external com' 
prsasiOn program, etc.,. tncludes bolh En-' 
gllsh and French versions. V&.43, an update 
from V2.J0 on disk 633. Shareware, biftary 
onl/. By Denis Goufiefle. 

DImpWtn 

A GUI interface fw Dlsk-lmploder {indurfedj 
by A.J. Brbuw&r. DImp is one of the most effl- 
uent disk archrvers available fot the Amfcga. ^t 
otfefs 7 <Jifferenl ievels of oompreesfon, ttie 
ability to create self-extraclfng arctrivas, fwUL- 
TIPLE CYLINCER FtANOES, ability tc vtafk 
with any (loppy comcadble deviice (swch as 
RAD; & Rm^ disks) and it can also add a 
text-file lo the arctiive that will b& displayed 
durirKi extraction, via ifie GUI inierface, 
Dlmp^rn will invoke ^Imp and tell it what to 
do. p Imp-Win VI .0, DImp V2.27. Requires 
AmIgaOS 3-Cm-- Binary onJy. By Coliri Bell 
(Dlmp-WiJi) and A,J. Brouvjar {DImp) 

Planetarium 

An astronomy program which displays and 
animat^is the planets of the solar system at 
sp9cilic times. Useful for quickly and easily 
deterjTJiJiing Ttw best times to view the plan- 
ets, otjserv-ing retrograde, etc. V1.0. OS 1.3, 
£.K, 3.0 compatible. Shareware, binary only. 
By Jim Schwartz 

StatRam 

Stat-RAM Of 'SDOl' is a very fast recoverable 
ram drive that takes advantage of FFS under 
WB2 or FFS I nteTnationat under WBS.I or 3. 



This work Is based on ASDG's "VDO:'. ASDG- 
RAM has been reliable (or many years since 
It was pia>?&d In the PD. Howov^r il iias a^ 
ways b?$n slow because il uses OFS, or old 
Eile system. On an accelerated machinas 
SDO; IS up to 7 limes faster, and averages a 
times faster Than rfie fMignal VDO;, Jfs also 4 
to 5 limes (astef than RRD. It survives the 
deepest re^ioot, even tiie CdldReboot of re- 
kicking a KS file. V1.S, binary only. By 
Rlchatd Wespe 

Traahlcon 

A VfB z.x application Icon to delete files. P\i\s 
an icon at a po^bly uS^r defined position on 
tlie WB screen, t^iat deletes atf Hies that are 
dragged onto iL Vl.4, an update lo Vi,2 on 
disk number S39. Binary only. 8y Mark 
fiicPherson 

tlnivConq 

A strategy game where- two human player^ 
baffle for control ot the universe. The game 
has several variables that si low the players to 
vary Ihe density of planets, the initial number 
Cif ship?^ and the ler^gTli of play. Status infOr- 
malion is contin'Ually updated to allow the 
player to cojicenlrale on s^ategy, not statiS' 
tics. Includes diaitized pictures and sound. 
VI. OS. Compatible with WB t.3 4 2.K. Binaiy 
onf^. By Randy Wing 

CONTEMTS OF DISK S72 

Convert 

A ufiils conversion utility Inspired by "Uniia' { 
by Gregory ^Impsoni} bui fs easiaf to uso and 
can be customized by changEng the data fWa 
{conv.dal} atone and does nol require rocom- 
clta-tlon of the progiam. VI -3. binary only. By 
Oawd WhlTTTtore. 

ToolMane^r 

Part 1 oi&2 part release of the very popuEar 
program by Stefar^ Bender. This part cornains 
LHA. archives of Ihe binary flie-s and grapJiics. 
Part 2 can be found on diel^ number &73, 
ToolManager is a full featured program for ei- 
tlier WB or CLI toot m^n^Qment. Includes 

ttie ability to add menu nerns to the 2.y, 
Tools" menu, a.<ld WB icons or dock Win- 
dows, Features miijlti- cclumn docE^ il^arau- 
tomaticafiy delect largest imgoe giie, ARaax, 

sound and L«^e sijipport. VSTi an update to 
V2.0 on d(3(( numbet 755. Includes source, 
Jots of oraphic imaaae, and f^^rammejs 
support m UBlr^g theToolmanagar.liBrary. Re- 

Suirea £.x for full functlonaflty &f Siatsn 
ecker 

CONTEMTS OF DISK 873 

Cross 

A program that creat&s ofosaword puzzfes. 
Has. a message data file lo allow -easy trans- 
lation Into almcst any human language, with 
English and German currenily suppprt&d. 
V5,1 r an update to V4.1 on cfisk 537, Includes 
source rn M^miga T«^odula-2. By Jurgen 
Weinelt 

Finl 

A very \rersalile dSractory listing uiFJity. ft can 
exfimine the contents of tiles and ^spiay a 
short type desalptlon. In addition, FInf has a 
whole slew <>f oplions that allow you is fitter 
file* tvy 1^^. date, aga, size etc. as well as 
recursive dlredory descending, and ad- 
jusiable output formatting. So ne>i to simply 
llstino directories, Ftnf is ewremely useful for 
creaflng hybrid commands that perfprm funq- 
lions cTc^fily tuned to your specific nee[ta. 
V1_15, binary only. By Peter Slrurjk 

MRIconSort 

MRlconSort is a nifty little tool which will al^ 
phabeticaliy sort and align your icon£ and op- 
Uonally create icons for nies and drawers 
which don't have them, if you liavs drawers 
with tons of icons which are a hopeless jurri' 
ble, this program is for youl VI .01 , binary on- 
ly. By Marti R. Rinfret 

ToolManager 

Part £ of a 2 part release of ttte very populai 
pnMram by Sfefan Backer. This_parf conTains 
an LHA archive of the source, TeX docs and 
programmer'a support fiiea. Part 1 can be 
found on dislc rtumber 872. ToolManao&r Is a 
full leatured p^ooram fio* eiltwr WB o( CLI tool 
manaaement incfudes the ability to add 
menu iiems w the 2.x. "Tools" iT^e^u, add we 

kcons or dod; Windows. Fsatures mutli- 
cotunnn tiock^ that automatioaly delect 
fargest image size, ARent, sound and Locale 
support. V2.1, an update to V2.0 on disk 
number 752. Includes source, Jd)s of graphic 
tmaws and programfngt's suppon for using 
Ihe loolman^er.library. Requires 2.x Ear full 
functionality. By Stefan Becker 

CONTENTS OF DISK S74 

DFA 

hJOT just ancttrer address utility. DFA[ddr-ess} 
features email support, dialing, different types 
of prinrt:lr,fl addressesn full commodity supportn 
application icon, Arejo; port, font sensitive 
windowa and can be fully directed by the key- 
board. VI .23, tots of ennanceinenis and btjg 
fljies since Vi.l en disk number 7ft2. Sha^'e- 
wate, binary only. By Dirk FederlaEn 

TWA 

A coinmocfity thai rerrtembers the last active 
window on any scrson. ff screens are shuf- 
fled, the window Is aulomatlca!lly re-activated, 
when that screen Is brought to Trontr VI .2, an 
tjpdale 10 V1.0 on dish number 781, Binary 
only. By Matthtas ScheEer 

CONTENTS OF DISK 975 

ADoc 

A l^elp uEtltty for the Amiga. Features include 
automatic search of any worit on which you 
clicked, ability to use Auto-Doc and Ami- 
□aGuide files, support of locale.library, fin 
AREXX port, and more. V3.01, an update to 
V1.21 on disk ntjmber 747. Binary 0T>ly. By 
Deiis Gounelle 

APrf 

A print utility witfi a full Intultiof) interface, a 
preview Functicn, page "sefectioOr line ngrri- 
bering. muHi- columns mflde, customliabte 
headers and footers, an AREXX porl, an Ap- 
pWindow, and more. Includes both English 
and French versions. V2.ll, an updlata to 
Vt.40 on disk r>unnber 747, Binary only. By 
Denis Sounelle 

AZsLiP 



A "new generaHon" binary editor, ^le lo edit 
tiles, memory or devices tike itrard disks. FE 
can opon several windows: at lh$ same tirrie, 
supports locale-library, and handles all OS3-0 
file systems. V2.Q4, an update to VI .00 on 
djs* number 759- BlfHfy only. By Denis 
Gounelle 

Blenher 

An allempl to provide the Amitna community 
wUh a hiture- compaitiWe, eaaly expandable 
screen blanker. Provides a a piatfomi for oth- 
ers to writs custom Bcreer blanker modules 
and not have to worry about the difficulties 
associated with setting u^ a Commodities in- 
Eertace arid dealing witb concur-rancy pfob- 
lenns, V£,3p includes source and several sam- 
ple blartkec modules.. By ^/tichaei D. Bayne 

KIMACiA 

Allows you 10 rtih oM. isadly written, programs 
(mainfy denws and some ^mes) from your 
A12DCV4000 hard di^h wthout having to con- 
tinually reboot and switch cMp settings. On 
return fnsm the program, Ihe systerrt returns 
to full AGA stale, \/2.0, binary only. By Joiyon 
Ralph 

SeekSpeed 

Measures the seek performance of any valid 
device. It wOrKS by using the System's v^ry 
accurate E ciocl( and measures the lime tak- 
en fOT seekind aixJ reading varying numbers 
of sectors under both sequential and random 
aocess. Every leat is per-tomied lOO times it 
possible, and the average leported. GU\ in- 
terface, can be run ttstfi Ifie CLI Or WB, Re- 
quires DS0.O4+. V37.12. binary Only. By 
Richard Waspe 

COtfTENTS OF DISK B7E 

AmyHmer 

An ultimate "Xr^ines-type" game ttiat inte- 
grates all of the best aspects of Uie previous 
Amiga versions of the game. Opfions ijl- 
dude: Automatica^y marh or dean the neigh- 
bours of a squ^e: Safe start (no OTtptosion at 
first click)^ Safe click {^^get-likd behavior fdr 
squaresl; Question marks (for con-figuralion 
aneJySJs). 

Vou can aiso specify your ovim custom tward 
settings. The game has a very usefut psuse 
option^ sound effects, tiigh-score tables and a 
very nice inferiace. it works ur»der OS VT.3 Or 
2.0, WTSC or PAL Vi.l, an update to VI .0 
on disk number 951. Binary only. By Alain 
Laferr>ere 

BattleStar 

A fun text-based adventure game, t! is r^ml- 
nrscent of Dungeon (aka Zork) and Adven- 
ture. You start Out on a space ship under at- 
tack and must get off and back to the pjanet. 
Ported from UNIX, whh very littSa "amiga- i- 
zation". Runs from (tie CLi OTily_ Incmdes 
source. By David RJggie. Amiga port tiy 
Dgvid Ingebrelsen 

CONTE^^TS OF DISK 877 

LyapunovlB 

A mrndboggingly ccriorful program that pro- 
duces fi^aJ pictjres fnjm a simpF-s mamg- 
mali^l formula called " Lyapungv Space' . 
Lyapunovia pictures vary from colorful candy 
to mean metaJ {or something), offering you 
every^ng you ever wanted in visual repre^ 
sentation af mathematical abstractions. Lya- 
punovia has been tested on all Amigas from 
WBt.2 to 3.1. The program supports AG A 
graphics, floating point units. 6au20-»- CPUs, 
and 24-brt outpiJl (to 650O0 x GSOOO jiixeisf) . 
A zoom factor of 10pOOO.tK>O.COO,000,Q<}0 is 
posslbie, VI. 5, an update to Vt.O on dish 
7B4. This is the full propram the difference 
between the unregistered and the registered 
version tias tieen eliminated. Binary onJy, 
sf>areware. By JeSpdf Juul 

CONTEMTS Of DISK STB 

bBaSstll 

An easy to use, verBatite. yet full featured 
database program that wili run on any Amiga. 
Search or sort on any field, print mailing la^ 
bels, (un)delete records^ mair nwrga, gat re^ 
ports in many fornnats, scramble files, flag 
recards. and mors. Fletds are user- config- 
urable, so bBase can be used to keep track 
of addresses, tjww or video collections, 
recipe files, or anjftfiing else you can thin)( of 
- one program does it allF bBaseiH le ^ 
oreatty eniianced suMessor to bBasoU, 
¥1.3, an update lo Vl.1 on disk numkwr 760. 
Sharevraje, binary only. By Robert Bromley 

DockBrua^es 

REty plus 1&-color dock brushes for use with 
ToolMan^er, AmiDock, or |ust as Icons. By 
David Voy 

foChIp 

Four litilitees to make your C programming life 
B tittle easier, (ncliroed are; ccb - A C- 
source code indentation beautifier: Aist -- 

generates lists of functions from either C or 
-H-H liias; hdrtag ~ ViM, Z, and emacs sop- 
port tags; Ipproto ~ converts somce code to 
and from old K4R sityle lo the new prototype- 
using style_ Binary only, freeware. By Dr. 
Chanes t. Campbell. Ji. 

Scypnion 

Maonfne-ianquage monitor wi|h many fea- 
tura$. Provides you with all functions like as^ 
semblar, disassemble search, transfer, fill 
tfackleadings etc. Vr7, flHss 2 nasty bugs or 
V1.6 and snould now nin witliout errcH^. Bi- 
nary only. By Joerg Bublath 

comEifrs OF disk a79 

DfskTesi 

A utElFty io test the integrity oF flogpy and hard 
disks, a la Norton Utilffies. VE-iO, an update 
to V2.0S on dielf 62S. Rsii^uires AmigaDOS 
3.04 or later. Public domain, ineittdes source. 
By Maurlzio Loreti. 

Find 

A pattern matchinq program which uses the 

weighted Levsnsfnein distance algarithm. 

Flequiras OS 1.04 or Jater. Commodity and 

Arexx Supper^. Manual in AmJgaGuide far^ 

■mm V1.D, Includes saurce. By KarFhsrnz 

KFingbeil 

MllJim 

A utility ihait generals milllmetered paper 
with linear or Fobarfthmpc scale (both In x and 
in_y) on a PaslScripE line printer (on whatever 
pnnter, with a PostScript interpreter like Post 



from Adnan Aylwaid, disk E$9}. Pulstc ocy 
main, irbcludes soynce in PostScript. By lifai^ 
rizio Loroti, 

Watohw 

A little tllle^bar commodily which can be ois- 
lomiied to et»w various Information suc^ s 
the free space an hard drive partitions, ^es 
memory, SySlem time and date etc. For* 
and OvBrscan sensitive, can iump between 
public screens by diking on it's Zoom gad- 

rrictudes WatcherPrefs. a udlity that aitows 
you to customize what Watcher displays and 
Its general betiavior. Version V37, indtfiOs 
source By Franz Hemmer 

CONTENTS OF DISK sad 

Oberon 

This is a freely dis^-ibirtable demo ver^on of 
a powerful compiler for Dberon-S, OberorvS 
la oas of the most modern object-oriented 
languages. This language was designed with 
tlte aim to increase the pov^er of Modula-il 
and to extend it vHlti objecl-orienled facilities 
white reducing its complexity. This implemen- 
tation features a parallel increiner^tal garbage 
coflectoF, a nmtime source-fevel deouggef, 
fast oompilatioji, oplimFzed code, language 
extensions to access AmiaaOS. etc. V3;Ci, an 
update to VI .1 6 on disk 3B0. Binaiv only. By 
Fridtjof Siebert 

SnepWindiW 

A anall utility ttnat aSows you to attach win- 
dow activation/pop window-to-froni to func- 
tion hays. This allowa you to instantly iind 
and activate the desired window. Also In- 
cludes a sunmouse and screen blanker, 
VI. 0, binary only. By Jason Scott Chvat 

COhHENTS OF D^K B8l 

CopyC-DEMO 

A D^si^ Tool For making backup copies, for- 
ETiattlngK relabeling, insleHina etc. Includes 
seloi^ive traekSn do&copy, oloci^-wpyK ram- 
copy, bltmapeopy, syncwords, and more. 
Wrifien in assembly. Vi.Q, binary only. By 
Li/dwi^ Huber 

Lyr-0-Mat 

A simple, fun program designed to generate 
sentoTtc^s out of a word lisf and a sentence 
pattern database. German and English 

database Included. Vi,1, ar update tc vi.q 
on disk number £tS3, Includes source. By 
Karlheini Kllngbeti 

PrintFltes 

A freely redistributable print uUlily lo replaca 
the standard WB Printfites comrnartd. Sup- 
ports Areia, appFication iconn and setting up a 
prrnt list with unlimited number of entries. 
RequlrBS OS 2.04. licludea two versions, 
VI .4e in Enolish and Vl.4d in German, an 
update to VOTSI on disk number 693, Binary 
only. By Karlheinz Klingbeil 

Shuffle 

A small game lo play whenever you havent 
something! else to do. Turns your WB into a 
"stEding- blDck" type puzzle game. Requires 
0S2.m or Eater. VLf), indudes source, By 
Karlhefnr KEingbeil 

CDMTENTS OF DISK &S2 

GALer 

Q ALs (Q sneric Array Logic) are pro- 
grammablB Jo^c devices. "(^ALer^ is the SOfl- 
vi/ars arwl thel^rdware which ib necessary to 
program your own QALs. The supported 
QAL-typas are QAL16VB, GALieVSA, 
Cj AL1 GVaB and QAL20 VB, Q AL20 VSA, 
GALiOVae. Tha circuit diagram for lh& <3AL 
device programmer is avail -able ^ram the au- 
thor. V1.4. an update lo V1.3on dlsknurrfcer 
633. Now includes both English and German 
versions. Shareware, includes source. By 
Christian h^abermann 

Solit 

A freely-distn'bulable, non^ Klondike, sorrtaire 
card game for the Amiga under WB 2.x. 
VI .06, binary only, sharewara. Sy FellH R. 
Jeske 

CONTENTS OP DISK &B3 

BBBBS 

Baud Bandit EutleUr Board System. 'Wriiten 
entirely in Af^ejos usir^ the commercial termi- 
nal program "QaudBandit". Features include 
up to 99 File libraries with extended filenotes, 
up to 99 fully threaded messagfd conferences, 
nunibar of users, files, messages etc. are 
only limited by srorage space, controlled file 
library and message conference access for 
users and sysops, interface to extra devices 
like CD -ROM and others, all treated as read 
only, complete Emafi w^lh binary mall ar>d 
mulllpde forwarding, user staistics including 
messages written, files upl09de<J or rftwn- 
loaded, time, etc, plus nnuch more. How In- 
cJudes a complete offline reader^answer 
called bbsQUiCK.rew;. vs.a, an update to 
V5.7 on dtsk 701. Includes complete AF^exx 
source. By Hic}>ard Lee Stockton 

bbsOUlCK 

An offline read/reply^upload/download mod- 
ule for BBBBS. Compiete GUI vfXt] support 
for muJiiple BBBBS systems. Includes MPn- 
plete ARexx source. By Flictiard Lee StOtV- 
ton 

CONTENTS OF DISK &S4 

All 

The Archiving Intuition Interface makes things 
easier il you are arthMng or dearchiving 
files. Yqm can do il alt vm\ the click of a 
mouse buttonn insiead of typlrig in a whole 

line In the CU. V1. 39, an update to Vt. 35 on 
di.sk 82'S. S^upports several archiving formats 
iru:luding LHa, Zr>o, Arc, UnArj, arid UnZlp, 
ReQiiras reqtooJs.library. Shareware, binary 
only. By Raul hlclactilan 

BackLiP 

A freely distributabie, sha/eware hard drive 
backup program that features e custom Inlu- 

r^oi\ inleriece, muttl-ltoppy drive support, 
high-density drive support. Iricremanlatffull 
backups, on-ttie-Fly compreeeion using 
Ih.library, Optional verify, two types ol backup 
logs, safe-backups arw a re&lorable conligu- 
raiJon. BackUP requires WB 2.x, 1WB HAM 
and lh,ilbrary Vi (swppiiadji. V3.aa is an up- 
date to V3.77 on disk number 724. containing 
new features, some optimizations and a few 



68 




Creates Stereograms! 

(SIRDS and Pattern, 

as in "Magic Eye") 



V-, 






PERSONAL PAINT IS A 
powerful and intuitive 
paiiii, image processing, 
animation and 24 bit painting 
package. Employ stunning ef- 
fects like emboss, water- 
colours, transparencies nd 
stereograms ("Magic Eye"), 
while virtual memory frees 
precious chip RAM by using 
other storage resources! Pius: 
support of RTG display 
boards, different file formats 
(IFF. PCX, GIF, encrypted, C 
source code, DataTjpes etc.) 
nine brushes, two independent 
working environments, anima- 
tion storyboatd, Bei'.ier curves, 
autosCTfill painting, profession- 
al colour reduction, superior 
text editor, colour fonts. Post 
script driver, screen grabber... 

NeM' Features Include: 

-Animation (featuring a story - 
board, superior compression, 
multiple palettes, frame-by- 
frame timing etc.) 
-Virtual memory (stores inactive 
image data using FastRAM and 
disk storage) 

-New Image processing effects, 
including transparencies and al- 
pha channel 

-Stipport of Retargctable Graph- 
ics (display cards like the Picas- 
so, Retina, Piccolo, Rainbow. 
EOS, Talon etc.) 
-High quality' 24-bit printing 
(Colour and Black & White) 
-Professional conversion of 
IFF24, PCX24, HAM & 1-1AM8 
to 356 colours. 

-HAM & 1-IAM8 viewer active 
during colour reduction 
-Loading of files through 
Amiga DataTypcs (IPEG. 
BMP etc) 
-Autoscrotl 
-Workbench 
(Drag and Drop) 




Amiga Paint, Image Processing, 
Animations & 24-Bit Printing Software 



painting 

Application [con 




It fully exploits alt generations 
of Amiga computers and oper- 
ating systems - from the Origi- 
nal to the Advanced Amiga 
Architecture (up to 256 colours 
and a 24-bit palette), accelera- 
tor cards (including FPU and 
cache-RAM) and graphics 
boards (Display Database and 
Blittcr compatible). 

It offers sophisticated image 
processing functions: pro- 
grammable effects (like em- 
boss, sharpen, blur etc.), "intel- 
ligent" colour reduction and 
remapping, palette merge, dif- 
ferent file formats (IFF, PCX, 
GIF, encrypted, C source code 
etc.) 

And much, much, more: up to 
nine brushes, two different 
working environments, text ed- 
itor, colour fonts, Amiga clip- 
board (for text and images), 
PostScript driver (with data 
compression, colour printing 
and sepcration). customisable 
user interface with stereo ef- 
fects, screen grabber... plus a 
disk packed with 256-colour 
images for all Amiga models. 



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bug flx93. Sinary only. By Felix R. Je&ke 

BudDBtSa 

BmlBs BuOgai program tor maiitaLrilrtg 
c'hecking:. cradtt card accounts ard psfsonal 
bU(^e^- Journal Input accounting Far sar± 
chscking and card account- AL>tDmatic distri- 
bution of journal entrigg Into aKQunt cale- 
gOTigi?. Rapojls bvmontti for JDurral and ac- 
count categofiM- txampia joumais Irciuded- 
V10.00, binary only, shaiawars. By Emja 

P-Compress 

A comprsHion fMogram that pradwes small- 
er fries faster Ehan any oUrer current general- 
purpose erureher, using LZH compFes&ion al- 
gortthms. Can hfindii sirqle fiEeS, whole 
oraweraf djaks, or sdectad Tiies sr lypea of 
fllaa vi/itnin drawaia and dt^ha. Includes com- 
pra3si[?n and decompression at?j»ct files 
whKh can be J[nkAJ to vour own proQranis 10 
allow th&fn 1c access and output data in LZH 
format. V^.9, an update \o V2.5 on disk 760. 
Provildeg con]T]3tJhility with OS.a. By Chas A. 
Wyndliam, LZK code Isy B&rrhel^Krekel 

Update of 1h# Pggestream Postscript lile 
splltt'Sr fourd in tha PSTdoIs dlrsclQfy of dist; 
?3a. Also includes a coijpfe of teirtfiias: pg&- 
foniSrtsi -■ a ijstlnq of the nosr wmmon DMF 
Pa^estream fom lu riamt*rs. Useful for find' 
ing what (ante VJSte used in a documenT. 
Aaoba.fjt - - Listltvg of ttifl' ID nu-mbefs from 
the 750 most coflimon Adobe fonts found on 
the Amtaa and PC, Pc&tspJIt V1 -OSr inclndas 
saurce. By Ian P&vi.e! 

QuickTrans 

AN 17 fundiojis tjf mathtraneJIbrary and aJso 
of mathieeeaingtrars.ilbrafy. Faslor and 
aboLt as accurafei ds CcnifTiOdore 's Nbtarf^^ 
^^Elitrans. library trig functions over twice as 
fast; Log and es^nenttal atjoul ^ timga as 
fast. MTathtrans. library is updale 0\ qutCk- 
trais on disk number 552. MaEhieeesing- 
tiais.lbrary i£ rrew, W\W\ mosi sp«ad -gains 
comparable \o those oi mathtrans. library. 
Log and tan Qio aboul 4- tirmes as fa&t as 
Ctmmodare'a. ViOo, Wnajy orvly. By twtartin 
Combs 

Sn-AnlmS 

TuTns AnimS animations (DPainl, 
Videoscape. P-.AriJmate etc.) into seJ(- 
GDrtained selNdisplavina compre&SKf files 
catlable IrOrn ttiB VVB Or CLI. As with S- Text 
and S-Pie llieae solve all decompression and 
c^spiay pr^i&m5 and save a lof of ^paoe as 
¥vell. No compiling needed. Vi.1, fieewafe, 
binary only. By Chas A. Wyndham 

S-Pit 

Turns IFF ILSM pics into corr^lptafy selF- 

contsJn«d self- disD^ayinq cornpr»ss«d fitas 
callable from the WB or Qll As with 5-TeKi 
(or dlsi^ number #et7). S-Ptc will give you 
Bpace-aving files wWcn can tw distribu'ted 
without having lo bolhar a&oui display and 
deioitipressron -comp^ibilily. No compHirw 
needed. V1-£, free^vara, binary only. By 
Chas A- Wynd+iam 

COhTTE^TS OF PISK a&5 

Falsa 

The Panguage FALSE and it's compter were 
designed for qji1^ two reasons; cuNding a. 
working compfler in ii^st lie (1) ^nd dssi^niitg 
a language that lc>t3Ks cryptic and fuzzy [in 
the APL Tradrtion). Tlie result is a languaae 
that is quite powerful (for it's sizej. It's a Forth 
type language wilh iamlHEB ab5tra{:tion and 
lots of otn-er goodies. Vl.t, Imciudea source, 
Ey Wowter van Ocrtmerssen 

KCDininDd4ty 

P^ 1 of a 2 p>art lelease of itiJs popular com- 
modlly. TNs part conrains the btnarlM, docs, 
and eupport fites, Part 2 wntaJns an LixA 
archive of the Mur-ces and may be found on 
disk number 686. KCommodity is a muHffurc- 
Ttonat cofnmodJiy fpr OS 2.0. Lndud^^ 
window- activator. lime-tSspiay in severaf 
fTiodas and formats , alarm hi nctio n , 
KeyStroike-Cllcker. time ro environment Win- 
dow/Screan cyclFng . LeftyMouse, ESC-Kfl'y 
can dose Windows. Hswision Control Sys- 
tem, laleiOTie bill cak:tJlator, Screen/Mouse- 
Blanlser. MappHng of geiman "Umlauts". Pop- 
up Shell, Appieon support, user definable 
HfllKe^S, E;(plodiiig Windows, Screen Dim- 
nier. Mouse accelerator and mors. FuFly con- 
ttoitabte via ARexx- Port. Compieteiy rewrit- 
ten Useflnterface antf several new functions 
lite TaoScreere \r\ ent>anoad ver&iori. Display 
dump {wiloh may dunp to a Irie, too), local 
Izad and much more. Again "some" )3ug|K&s 
wore rrvade, V2.5a, an update to Vfl.W on 
disk number 7^. Requires OS ?,0 or later, 
Wriflan in as^emljly for speed and efficli^nE^y. 
3hareWa(e. includes source. By Kai IskQ 

C0NTEMT5 OF DISK SfiS 

aoalK«apar 

Comp^rier Soccej adminislr^on pragram. 
Witti ttiis program you can create your own 
min^League witl> up to eiohl learns, is fir for 
ihe European and tne UK way of cojniing 
scorefl. Now you Can really find out wfio's Jhe 
beat at 'Ktclt Off £'/S6rta[b.i& Soccer' or real 
socceri V1.D, includes SDurce-. By Camtel 
Flouweler 

KCommodity 

Part E c^ a 2 part relea&a Ol thia popular com- 
rtvodity. T^is part contains an LhA archive o^ 
ihe sources. Part 1 con.teiir«& tl^e binaries. 
doce. and suppon tiles and may tse found ori 
tflsSt nomtoer BfiS. KCflmmi!>dity Is a muitilunc- 
Bor^ oomrrwdtty fo* OS 2.0. I nc^udes 
window- aclhjatcr, titne-dispiay In sevarai 
modes and iO'TmatSn aiarni funcltonn 
KaySlroke-Ciic^er, lEme to eovironmant Wln- 
dow/Scraen cyclltig. LsftyMous^, F^C-Kay 
can clos^ Windows, Rsvisiqn Ccnirpl Sys- 
tem, tsLsfone bill calculator. Screan/Klouse- 
Blanker, Mapping of german "Umlauls" Pop- 
Up S,hell. Applcon support, user dennable 
(HotKeys, Exploding Wiridows, Screen Dim- 
mar. Mouse accaleraior and ntore. Fully con- 



dump O^hirfi may dump to a fila, too], lacaf- 
bed and much more. Again "some" bugfiMaa 
were made, VZ,5a, an update to VE.OO on 
disk number 746. Requires OS 2.0 ar Jaier, 
Written in Assemtrffir tO'j Speed and effi- 
ciency. Share\^are. includes source. By Kai 
Iske 



PBtchLlbrary 

TfiJs is the DiiliaP ralaasa tjl tli^ p^tcti.lbrary 
programmar's pacE;, It provides easv'to-use 
functions to salaly install custom code for li- 
brary functions . Two SKampde programs 
-SihawNaededFilaa and CPU Clear damon- 
strate hew the library works. Shoiwr^eetted- 
FileE patches dos-Nbraiy to prini messages 
wneng\i9f Oronj]. LoadSegO or locHO is 
called. CPUOear paicJias graph- 
ics. FbraryiBJtCiearn to use lt>a CPU instaad 
of the Slitter. Vi.55, assemttiy &oufce is in- 
cluded for tti* example pfcgrams. By Stefan 
Fuchs 

Pyramid 

A oroflrann Itiat create pyramids under ihe 
POV raytracer anthortsing the u&er to set up 
parameters such as the h&\Qhl, ^e texture, 
the number of sJages. etc... and that allows 
one to chciDse tne Fryrsmid as desired. 
French and English veraions, witti two exam- 
pte pictures. V2.0, Brnary cnly. By Nicolas 
Mougsl 

TflKtPort 

Four text parting utilities: StripCFl strips the 
CR character from The end-of-lina codes of 
fi^SDOS t9xt fires, tor AniigaDOS or unjy 
■qompatibiHty. AddCFt converts AmigalXSS 
text files to MSDDS, but doasnt toucti EOL 
codes itftsE ai^ already compatible, SlriptHR 
stips out ^and returns from a text Ii1e, leaving 
paragraph formatting inlacr. Useful for worri- 
processors. Roformat re-wraps a taxt fila to a 
different line iengtti. V1 .d, PD, includes 
source. By Aleic Malulich, Unicorn Rasearch 
Qorporaijon 

TrackFd 

A ^isk eoctor editor wilh usar friandJy hax- 
adecFJnaVASCII edit possibilities. Data rxan ba 
searched of\ pan of a di^ or tha whole disk 
in tour ditfereni ways. 'Works with all [>Fx: 
drives. OS2.0 or higher required. V1.a4f in- 
clud&& source- By Cami^l l^ouwaler 

CONTENTS OFDISKSa? 

ARTM 

Arriilga Real Time Monidor. Oisptays and can- 
trois system activity such as tasks, wnndows. 
libraries, CevJces, rasoujcas, ports, residents, 
interrupts, weclors, memory, mounts, aaaigns, 
locks, loots, hardware, res-cmda, a tittle Sys- 
temMonttor a^d display the East Alert. vi.7, 
an update to Vi.fi on disk &52. Shareware, 
tiin.ary only. By Dieitmar Jansen and F. J. 
t^ertens 

FHSpread 

A Spreadsheet program that uses its own 
custom screen. Can ba swh?ched between 
tfires. laced and PAL^ tJTSC- V1-7V shojld 
worif on any amiga u/tth at least 1MB. Binary 
only. By Frank Hartog 

JACOaub 

Timed scnpl player for profeseiorai-nuaiftv 
video titling. Fxtramfl:ly fleifitiie script formal 
allow? generation cr outifnas & shadows 
aroojnd multiply fonls. complete control over 
posiltfln, styfe, marg^nsr coio/, auto- 
word/appirkg, etc. Tima events may be rion- 
seqiteniial and overfapcEng, DPsplays IFF 
graphtcs with Iha title teKl_ Several 3rd-party 
scqpt formats supported. True multipJe-^ideo 
bufferirvg for supercldan transitions t?elvvean 
displays. On-the-fly shift and ramp lime ad' 
■jstmants. Thoroughly tested by many users. 
/1.5 shareware, binary only includes dama 
and fonts_ By Alex Matjiicn. Unicom Re- 
search Corporalion 

ThrowMouSe 

A W6 tool that replaces often used mouse 
ciichs through icon tooltypss. hJay be used 
with WeStafhip to open any WE drawer etc. 
Version 0.7Q, Ireeware, binary only, wrth 
source availabJe from the author. By Hdar>d 
Mainz 

MakeLiiik 

A raplacemertt tot the CBM 'UakaUnh",. fully 
compatible. Features are soft & hard links, 
links to filc5 Si directories and link loop warn- 
ings. Version 0,90, freeware, binary only, with 
source available from tha author. By Roland 
Mainz 

NBuff 

Rawrrte ai A,C.R. Martin's criginal DBuff dou- 
ble-buffer routines from an early Fibrary disk. 
Ha more rriemory leaks nor misuse of 
MrgCapfl! Tha JACOsub video tftier uses 
ivajff. NBuff allows any number of video 
butferS, not just two. A Single (^define makes 
il faat and I ntuition- unfriendly (like DBuff) Or 
fnendiy (whECh is a bit slower). Arwither Sde- 
tine controls whether t^lBulf will or wilt nol use 



!;■ 



ulith. Unicorn Research Corporation 

3egTe3ttMaeter 

A little tool for programmers who need to usa 
large amounts of text In their programs (I.E. 
adventure games), tt creates an array of 
characters with a header. Makes cOmpil- 
Ing'aasambly time vary quick and reduces 
Spate reCiLJlremenis, Requires AmigaDOS 
1.2 or higher. VI.O, iiinary onfy, sample 
source for applicalkin included. By TiLus v. 
Krah 

XlDCommander 

Allows owners Of tne XttKR) CPfiOO HOME 
CONTROL INTERFACE to pnDcram ttie l^a 
eii^nt capable interface or sew diieci com- 
mantfa througri ll to oontrot itghls. appfianMS. 
etc., Vi -0, binary only. By Gre^iy MacKay 

COI^TENTS 0FDisna$e 

CFN 

When ^ ._ __ _ , __ 

completa Filenames by just htttlng the hTAB' 
)tey in a manner similar to tliat commonly 
found an UMIX syatams. When similar file- 
names existj CFN will complete the file name 
up to the paint ttiey difiei. then wait for you to 
add more characfersK after which you can 
simply press the (TAB-i key again to coni' 
pleta a unique file name. VT.D, includes 
source. By Andreas OnthOr 

li^alnActor 

A modulsr ammatidn pat^a^ comaining 
modules for various animation and picture 
fonnats. You can create/editrti me/play gnima- 
tionfi of any size. An srexx port is iniegrat«<i. 



V^.0. binary only. By Markus Moanig 

NewList 

Tfie uJirmate 'is', Faei, sfrtaii. pcwerful. and 
fully [^nfigurabla. Features include links, net- 
working, Envoy, muFg assign ftdds, 
datatypes, a pager, complete output formal- 
ting (date,header.etc), vaifous recuisiona, 
and all the sorts and filters a person will ever 
n>aed, Newlisi runs ir^ 10 ma^ir languaaes as 
wall. V8, an update Eo V6.ti en disk numtiar 
5^7, binary only, WBa,0+ required. By PFsii 
Pletz 

SwltchV'IndDW 

A repsacamsflt for the CBfJ 1Hb(p" commoe- 
ily. It si\Gfis you Eo arcane the windows in 
nwny diflereni ways via holtsys and a pow- 
erful RE>0< port, version 0.S5. freSwa/e, bi- 
nary only, source available from the aulhcr. 
By Roland t^ainz 

CO^TTENTS OF DISK i&S 

Cah 

Replacement for Hie Amiga shallr similar to 
Uti'X csh. f^aiin features include over JOf> 
built in commands. 70 functions, new system 
vsriabiea, file narrte com^etion. heeiy pro- 
grammable command line editing, file class- 
es, auto cd, lazy cd, intuition menus for the 
aheSi window, automatic FiX-ing. local 
variables, |( ), statement blocks, high speBdn 
plus much more. 'i/5.3T, an update to VS.tS 
on disk 654. Includes source. By A_ KirchwiSz, 
U. Dominik MueHer, C. Borreo. S. Draw, M. 
Dillon 

□iskCat 

DiskCat is a disk cataloger. The ^les can be 
organized any way you want. Vou can make 
and name any category you care to. Cate- 
gories and fiiea can be moved. Through 
menu selection, aiy disks itiat are insenad are 
automatically searched and the useful infor- 
mation copied. A 40 char comment can be 
entered for each fife. The database can he 
searched arid exported. V1.3. requires OS 
2.04+ , binary onVi shaToware. By Kenny 
Magy 

DxConverter 

Converts binarvihei/ULOWG inta- 

□arsyASCll^RAWKEY cOdeS to bina- 
ry/tiBK/ULONG integer or ASCII. Fully intu- 
Idonaiiied. Vl.O. binary Only, freewflre. By 
Kenny Nagy 

SCSIutll 

A CLI utility to issue commands to a SCSI 
diak using a Specific SCSI id number. Cam- 
mands include inquiry, Seek, start/slop motgr. 
read seclor(s), play audio CD sectors, insert, 
eject, read capacity, etti. VT615. an updale 
to VI.O on disk number 669_ Fraewara. in- 
cludes source. By G^ary Duncan and Heiko 
Rath 

CONTEtfTS OF DESK 890 

[3lskMafle 

A disk LitiFiiy wrtli mu^tklriva disk copier (eiltier 
D-QB or non-DOS disks] disk formatter, dl«k 
eraser, disk installer, and floppy disk oheC'ker. 

V4,3, an update lo V4.1 on am nurmtjer 65*. 
Binary only. By hfajcolm Harvey 

DTopBox 

WB Applcon Or^mmodity that examines the 
filenanta of Ihe file dropped in it, then sean::^- 
es a configurable datanase for an action to 
pertonn on rt. such as read, display, edit, 
unarc Blc. Requires OS 2.04-1-. VT01, binary 
only. By Stave Anichini 

FileF^XK 

Opens an ASL'ftierequester on flie frontmost 
PublicScreen, and prints the selected 
liie/dFrectary to StdCrut, into an environment- 
variable (if ChoDsen]. or into an a^exx- 
variable {if File Reiot has opensd a raxx- 
host). The size of the fiierequester will adjust 
automatically to the actual viable s[;reensi£e 
it noL affected from the given arguments. 
VI .3, binary only. By WichaeJ Hohmann and 
Har^lmut Goebei 

LoglcShop 

Build and test logic drcuits. Everything Is ac- 
casssd from an inwHion interface, 'yi ,1 , bina- 
ry only. Ireaware. By Kanny Nagy 

OnTheBall 

Dento version of a desktop aid that contains: 
Calendar View & Print adjustable w^k, mon- 
th, and veaiTly schedules. Search forward i 
backward (hTOugh appoir^itrnenls. 9 repeat 
modes, reminder with snooze. Addressbook 
Mailing iabeiSn autodialer. Saarch & sort t^ 
any field, Attalch notes. To- Do Usit Sorts by 
Opfiond due dates. Search/Print. WotePad 
FuiJ-feaSwed lexl editor, have aa many notes 
open al one time as you tike. Attatch notes to 
ary eniry in any apoJicellon. h^uiti-iinguai, 
works on all Amigas. Preferences. ARiexj!. 
Imports N3g(c) tiEes. Create pgifscnallzod 
"Tags". HucTi nHjre.., VTID, binary only. By 
Jason Fraund, Pure Logfc Software 

SltChr 

Alio^vs users of ASDS's CygnusEd Profes- 
aionai to aeiect a character via point -n -click 
rathe* than having lo remember (or lookup) 
the asdi IteycodeTor i1. Useful toj enteing in- 
ternaiionaJ, special, or infrequently used cnar- 
actere, vi,o, includes source in C. Requires 
ArrtlaaDos £.0. By NJaaJ Fisketjoen 

CONT^hfTS OF DISK fl9l 

AakEnv 

A recfuester construction looi for u» with 
Df>S-Scripts , ARFXX and any oth^r languagn 
that can start an external program. System 
and file requesters may be called by com- 
mard tine args. and canfig Hies aJlow con'- 
struction of complex requesters containing al- 
most any type or gadtoois gadqets. Extended 
gadget types can call hie requesters and start 
proorHms. Results are stored in environment 
vanalsf-es. Requires OS &.04, VS.S, binary on- 
ly. Qy Bengl eiger 

Disk89iv£ 

A disk repair, salvage, and undelete u/tiHly for 

all standard disk dewces and fHa system 
ty^ee. Has a full Intultlort inlefface and runs 
from WB or Shell, it can fat most problems in- 

filace, and can reverse a pajlial or QUICK 
ormat l! can copy out from disks that cant 
be fiK9d due to [^ysical damage wilh a desti- 
nation going to any AmigaDCS disk device or 
pipe (eg, TAPE:]. In English, locale catakigs 



included for Danish, French. Gannan,' U 
Morwagian, Finnislt. and Swadish, ahortil 
uais in English and Sw^tjish. EictenvvB i^ 
data 10 DfsK&alv T42 on disk 251. Ri — ''~~ 

AmigatUS 2.04 or later. UncrtppJed 

ware, binary only, V11-27. By Dave Haynie 

HOClick 

A Ha^dolsk-Menu a/id WB-Toci. Easily ssari 
wograms, batchtilBS ot ARexn-scripts sIjt^ 
by cNcklng on a ^pet. Opens its dwn 
ecrsw or only a small wirHiow on the WB. ir- 
ciudes an AppWlndow/Appieon to view pc- 
tures, listen to sannples, pfEnt texls or ev«r 
decruncfi archives by juef draggino ar Icon 
on the AppObject. Gadgets can nave ^^eic 
own fonts and eofors. Unlimited numbe? of 
aub-inenus. Easily configurable, with CDtiline- 
IHelp. Requires OS 2.04. VS.53, an update tc 
va.ci on disk 605. Binary only, shareware. By 
Ciaiide lyiuiler 

ROMTagMem 

Adds non-autoconflg memoiv as early as 
possible to Ihe memotv lisf. in siiuatkMis 
where you have only CHIP memory ar^ 
nonautownfig memory, your system will run 
faster ar>d have mote CHIP memory avajiatsa 
if as many sysiem stru:iures as possible are 
ftot in CRIP memory. Binary onfy. By John 
Matthews 

Skeleton Wrfter ts a tool lor QeneFaUng c 
code for various intuition based appllcaiions. 
Yoki click tFie rnouse and the oodejels writ- 
ten. Similar lo PowerSource and QadTools- 
Qo)c, but with slightly dlHar$nl functionality. 
Vtia, an updateto V1.E on dish 746. in- 
eludes source. Sy Pioir Obminski 

CONTa^TS OF DISK 9^ 

DvlHp 

A printer driver for HP LaserJeE (trademark of 
I^e Hewlett Packarcf Company) and compati- 
ble printers, it translates Dvl tiles, usuallv 
generated by T^X. to a code understood b-/ 
HP-U (PCL printer control language). DviHp 
supports d-cwnloading fonts, wnich gives you 
ejoramely fast output. It allows ycu hj irtciuds 
If^^ ILBm files into vouf documents. VTO, bi- 
nary only. By Ales F'ecrak 

GeminitOX 

Ail-new pnnter driver for Star Gemini- 1 0X and 
15X printers, Features graphics resolulions 
twKe as t)igh as the Commodore provided 
"EpsonXOhr driver. VSS.t, binary only. By 
Ki!ic|iaat Bnimlech 

Indent 

A c source code fwmatter^ndenter. Especial- 
ly usef ji for cleaning up inconsrBteniiy indant- 
ed code. VTfl, an update to Vl.7 on disk 
G2-1. Fncludes source. By Various, Amisja pod 
by Carsten Ste^r 

Look 

A powerful program f(a crea[ttng and shewing 
disk nraga?ines. Supports IFF pictures, IFF 
brushes, ANSI . fOrtfs, PowerPflcker, and 
many more features. Programmed in assem- 
bly fanguage to be smaiT and fasL Cernnan 
lanouaqe only. VI. 9. an update lo Vt.e on 
disK &fS. Shareware, binary only. By Andre 
Voget 

MouseAideC^EIUO 

DEfvIO version of a "Mouse" utility whreh has 
all the standard functions; Mouse Accelera- 
tion with threshhoid, window and screen ma- 
nipulation by moiise and keyboaid, mouse 
and SCteert blanking. SUN {auto-activationj 
ffiouse, user derma&le "hot key* command. 
Keyboard "String" macros, etc., But also has 
functions o^er l^ouse" programs do NOT, 
fluch as; Shall 'Cycling. Key Clicking. Key- 
Closing. MuHJ-lton-Seiect with Mouse, Middle 
Mouse Button Windowing, E2-DaEe genera- 
tion, Mouse Port swilcbing. WB to the front 
functiort. Et' Dragging, Freezing Mouse & 
Keyboard of all input, etc... Now "features an 
easy to use Pop- Up 2.xx style intuition inter- 
face and the ability to function correctly In ail 
the new SCieen modest Written in asaembly 
for efficiency in size iand CPU usag_e. Version 
v9,$Sb^ an update to vision v/.i2a on disk 
7ee, Binary only. By Thomas J. CzamecKi 

TaXPn 

A front'Ond for DVl pflnter drivers with a 
(nice?) QUI, ll is hlghlv contigurabla and can 
be used wilh various uVI pnnter drivers. Con- 
dguiadon tiles for Qeoiq tiessmann's 
DVlPrInt (PasTeX), DVILJP (AmigaTeX) and 
DVILJ2P (Gustflf Meumann) are included. 
TeXPrt has an ARexx port and Interprets 18 
ARew( commands. TeXPrt njns on an App- 
Wlrdow and supports an (cptionai) Apploon 
for setectin^g Dvf files. Needs at least KS 
2.04. This is \/l2.C}, freeware, includes sounse 
in C. By Ricfiard A Bodi 

COMTENTS OF D\5K SQS 

AmigaWorld 

A database program that contains information 
about every country en Eajtti. It enabie.S yOU 
lo have a Took al llie data of one wurrrry, or 
lo compafo several ones. Among othw iHmgs 
Pt displays location, capital, area, popoiatioff, 
tanguages, currency and the flag of each 
country. AmigaWorld Is vary easy lo hartdlar 
and you can use it with your Javourite font, 
screen mode and colors. You can also 
choose between Fngilish, German, Swedish 
and Dutch output. It works on every Amiga 
that has one MByte of memory and KS 1 .2 Or 
later. Freeware VS..O, an update lo VI. I on 
Disk number S5T New features include ^aa 
dl3{i4ay and Information a^ut reEigions and 
i nternalionai organizations. Modula-2 source 
is avaJiftbie from Ehe author. By WoSfgang Lug 

BMELEnks 

A ijtility which tests Ehe Finks in nawly written 
amigaguida documents- Hather than manual- 
ly cFictang on every button In your amigaMiide 
[jocumant to ensure each will link up With a 
vaKd node, jusE run BadLinks. Will work on 
documente which refsienco nodes In Olhw 
amigaourde documents loo. Vl.1 7. binary on- 
ly. By Rijgef E, Nedel 

Clouds 

A pxogram whkh creates random cloud 
scenery. Ycu may save the pictures as EFF- 
Hies aiTKl use thern as background for your 
WB. Uses new A<2A-faaliH'es. Operational On 
all AMICAS With all WB-Ver^ions, but needs 
at least 2.1 to gain access to all features. 
V2.9, an update lo V2.Q on disk number 305. 



70 



PuWie doiTiflin, Incliides compleitfl source in 
I^ICK- PASCAL. By Daniel Amor 

CONTENTS OF DISK &9fl 

Some texts, p^cfttres and progr&me dealing 
wilh the prcbtem of violence * rascisnir 
Sour^se Irtdud^. VI .0. B.y Diani«l Amor and 
otners 

CDTV^Iayer ^ ,^ __ 

A Lftilh^for all (hose peopls^ v/iK'ii llhe to play 
Audlo-CD'e, vi'tiile multitasking on WB. tt^ an 
emulation of GdTV's rernote control, but le a 
iHle more sopiilsticflted. Access to the 
arclilive even without a CO-ROM^rlve fi.e. 
PMIQA 5D0-4OOD)r although vou can't play a 
CD. PflOQRAW & KARAOKE (live bn- 
Bcrtoni tridu6sd, Rocognises CDs automali- 
oaHy. AREXX-Port fof usaoe In other pro- 
drams. VS.OS, an update Tq v2.0 on dish S6fi. 
Does In EngBshn French & Gterman. Supports 
ODTV'Drlves a XETECOrivss. FISH- WARE, 
birarycniy. By Dariel Amor 

GravkFont 

This is a scalable vector font. IfB ttie t^raek 
equivalent of l:h« Tiimee Roman fonl. II In- 
cludes the Groek ivpewrltCH- selrrvaj ar;d is 



TYPE 



available aa ni^wD^ < 1 »-b ■, 

PAQESTREAM FC^T (dmf-fHe), PROPAG^ 
FOfJT & INTELLIPONT. Ttils Font la share- 
ware. De5ign&d vvith FontDesigner. By Daniel 
Amor 

LazryBfrnch 

La^yBencti is a utiEi^ for l^y people vvith a 
hard disk crammed mil of goodiea which are 
difficiilt to reach bACfij^ they are buried 
away In drawer^ Inside drawers Inside draw- 
ers inside drawerg... Supports tool& ervil pro- 
jscta and both OS 1.3 and OS 2,kk versions 

are Sirppded wilh llils distribution, LazyBsnch 
fof the OS 1.3 opens a litlte window on the 
WB screen and delivers a rully configurable 
menu which brings up to 30 applicaSons at 
your tIrusriLps:. LazyBanch for tns Os Z.xn 
adds anltem under ihe WB Tools" menu, in- 
slallE Its^f as a Commodity ^hJ welts in the 
background. Use its hot kev combinalkm to 
pop up its window and ttien select an applica- 
Bon to l>e laurwhed. Versions 1.01 (OB 1.3) 
and 1.10 {OS 2.ioo, an update to tfie versions 
on disk rtumt>er 860. Binat^ cn^. By Wwtfwr 
'MircKo' Plranl 

Resize 

A font-sensitive utBEty to change the dimen- 
sions of the sheH window. Offe^ Iwo options: 
Reporting the current dimefHiDns of the sh^ll 
window arnJ setting new ones. Inckides 
source. By Bsmd Rasotike 

CONTENTS OF DISK 895 

FMeynlh 

A program to create sounds with l^M synthe- 
sis. It na? six operators, a realtime LFO aitd e 
free editable aJgorithm, Ttie sound can be 
played on ths Amiga keyboard and saved m 
IFF-3SVX format- VI .1. gifttv^«, incfudea 
sourcM In Obaron-2. By Chnstlan Stiens 

MakeDMak« 

An aulomaled DMake file generalcr. You give 
a the narnes of all tfie C-fifis u^^ to produce 
your ?xe?utab9e (axcepi #inc1ude'd .c or .h 
nle&^, and It will automatically scan Ihetrt to 
find all dependencies, find produce a ready to 
use {in many cases] DMalcsFile calling DOC 
with OfJtions you will rtead for nomial compalQ' 
tlon and linking. Version 0-22, an update to 
version 0.19 on disk SI 0. Includes source. By 
Plotr Obmlnekl, from original cods by Tim Mc- 
Grath 

MuEhMor« 

Another pfogram like "more', "less", 'pg , etc. 
This one uses its own screen to show tne text 
u»ng a slow scroll. Includes bu9t-tn help, 
commands to aearch for text, and commands 
to print the text. Supports 4 color text in boW, 
ita^. under^ned, oi inverse fonts. Can load 
xpk-cnjnchidd; fllaSr fiaa a dispfay mode re- 
quester and is now Jocallzed ^gernian catalog 
IfKluded). V3.3. an update to V3.0 or disk 
ntimbef 560. Includes souree in OEwron-2- By 
Fjidljof Siebert, OhriaUan Sllens 

Demo ofthe multi-purpose educational UTIL- 
ITY called "StudenT ASd ][". This utUlty aJlows 
you to create, load. edR. Dracllce and orint 
IflUBFALSe, MULtlPL^ CHOICE and FILL 
IN THE Bl_A^lK tests Or qulzses on any suh- 
ject you desire. It wHI also save grades tp 
monitor progress. This denno contains some 
sample tests on various subjects, and has all 
features er^b^ except for SAVE TEST. 
WOfks oil WB1.3 to 3.xr NTSC & PAL. (May 
noi work wilti FastROMt. Ver 0-9, binary only. 
D^tAO is freety dlstrisulabie. By Rick Roias 

COfiTENTS OF DISK d^S 



A utility to view IBM ar^sl pks on the AMIQA- 
Suppofts tite 16 color IBH Arisi standard ful- 
fy. works on any AMIGA running any versksn 
of AmioaDoe, vi,Or binary only with source 
available from the ajlhor. By Marcus Trisdaie 

DA 

"Digital Aestt>etlca'. A program that provides 
you with a soothing audo environme^ in 
which to iwork, simitar to the cd's/tapes 
available o( reiristctltlS, ocean surfs, nwers, 

ett The sounds are contained in moduEfts 

called "EMods'r short for Envlronrnetit MOD- 
ules. WHh DA, you can control various aspec- 
ts of these EMods, and lirr^ Efh^ods logetfrer 
" d In sequence. Two snort 



in a list to be ^ ,. 

EMode are prov^ 



id, witfi more available 



wien you purchase the registered v^rajon. 
Vi^.^, 0S3.X requiredh binary only. By Greg 



A iitt^ Iff reader written in TnDdula-2, 
MSamiga. VI. l, ir^udes $ourcs- By Marc&i 
Timmermans 

SamPull 

A ulLllty wtiich will aikw you to manipulate 

ard save the samples of a music moduten 
(just ^^ofse/Sound/PrcltracJ(6^ MOD lomnat for 
now), to disk in s, quKk and u&er-friendly 
orepnio environment. As an added t^onus, 
SamPull features sub-pro^renis whtcti Wtll 
scan for MQDs in memory or on any formal 
of disk. V2.G, 0Q2JX requirAdn bnary onty. By 
Greg Grove 



ScriptTool 

A small WB-uliiity which lets you to run com- 
monly used commands and scripts from 
WB's Toofe-menu- Vt.(H and needj DOS2-0 
(V3«), Freeware, includes source. By Jan 
Hagqvist 

WBStart 

WSStart is a p&cka^ lo etviulate the wB 

startup prooedurs, by lOfidirtg a program, ors- 
ating a process for it, and then sending ii a 
WB ataHup message. Includes a handler pro- 
cess wliich does the starting of the processes 
for you and then waits lor the startup rmiy 
mesaases. Vl.3, an update to VI .2 on disk 
number 757. includes source. By Stefan 
Becker 

CONTEWT& OF DISK 837 

A link protocol that provides essenllally an 
Linl|m}t«d rumber of Teliabls connectioiis be- 
tween pfoc«s»es on hvo mactiJnes, where 
9ach end of the link can be either an Amiga 
or a Unix {BSD4.3} macNne. Works on the 
Amiga with any EXEC iilevloe that foolcs like 
the seriaLdevice. Works on UMIX with tly and 
socket devices. Achieves belief than 95'fij av- 
araoe throuohput on file transfers- V2.32c an 
update to v2,lO on disk ntumbef 234. in- 
cludes sources tor both the Amiga and UniK 
^rsions. By Mall DEIton and others 

EPP 

E Preprocessor, Si-mpis, easy-sj-use macro 
preprocessor intended tor jse with Wouter 
van Oodmerssen's E Language compiler. Al- 
lows E programmer's to ^incrude" (similar to 
C) E source code modules, ttus addiOQ mod- 
ufarity to the E larguage. ShouU work cn any 

OS version. Update to Vl .0, Irnproved speedy 

bug fixes; new OPT TUf^Bu directive for 

turnirtg on Turbo mode for single modules; 
CtrfC made rdlable. VI. 1, Includes source. 
By Bany Wills. 

Have you aver nottced that there is a PrtSo 
key on the numeric keypad? tf you press it 
you'll find That nothing happens, but here's 

^he solution. So if you've ever wonred to have 
a working PnSc-key, try this. Reqi^res OS2.0 
(VaB). VI .oa, rreewanBf includes source In 
assembler. By Jan Ha^vist 

VerChK^ 

A little script ulllity eepecially for £.04 us^r^ 
with 1,3 Rom aharer/IGckOisk, This helps you 
EC boot under the right system when using an 
alien KS. V2.O0, now Include* CPU/FPU 
checking too. Freeware, includes source in 
asserrtHer. By Jan Magqvlsi 

CONTENTS OF OtSK H^ 

Anihian 

The final version (5.2^ of AnIMan, the voice 
recognltiori program thai allows you to con- 
verse wtth an animated talking head to exe- 
cute any AResx or CLI contmarMl- AntfJ^ 
appears as a fuH color animation in a minia- 
ture window on the- 3,0 WB screen. AniMan is 
fully muhLtao^firw and runs in ihe foreground 
or background, Istening for your voice com- 
mandE even while other programa may be 
running. Many improvements requested by 
users are now Included- Menu operations 
liave been improved- Documentation Is pro- 
vided In AmLfiaGijIde focmat- Audio digifi^er 
support has Been exparded to indude Per- 
feci Sound 3, Sound fwlagic fSound Master), 
DSS 8, artd Generic digitizers. AnirMian 5.2 re^ 

guires AmIgaDOS 3.0, An updata to V5.0 on 
||sk #a4l. Binary onfy. By Richard Home 

NarTott 

A little tool [hat tets you to pEay witti the new 
leatures ol V$7 narrato^.^vice. Also ideal for 
designing the speech tor your own programs. 
VI .01, needs DOS2.04 mf}. Freeware, tn- 
cludea soiree In assembTar- By Jan Hagqvist 



fh 



ScE-F[-Demo 

A demo of Scl-FI Type; 14 3d fonts for Imag- 
he and other rendering programs- incEudeS: 



A demo of Scl-FI Type; 

he and other rendering prograr 

Ultra {a full satmpJe fonts), a short doc file 



vrith ordrering info, ar^ an iff (hi res 16 coJor) 
image deplctiTig the rest of the set. By Doug 
Brooks 

VCLI 

The finaf veraion [7.0) o* Voice Command 
Line interface WLI) which wll execute CLi 
commanda, ARexx eommaruls, or ARexx 
Scripts by voice command, VCLl alrows you 
to launch muitlpis appHcations or control any 
program with an ARokx capability entirely by 
spoken voice command. Many improvements 
requested by users are now incfuded. VCu 
now has its own ARexx port so that its inter- 
nal options afKf lurKtions can be conlrolled 
by ARSJCt command, f^^snu operatkjns have 
been improved, Docurnonlatlon Is provided in 
AmIgaGulde format. Audio dwliier siflSport 
has neen expanded lo IrKludeKeffect Sound 
3, Sourtd Magic (Sound Master), DSS 8. and 
Generic dlglt^ers. This Is the fastest version 
of VCLl yet, and ft runs well under eittwr Ami- 
gaDOS 2,0 OT S,0. An up<tate to V5^ on dtsk 
number a07. Binary only. By Rschard Home 

CONTENTS OF DISK S«9 

ARoach 

Based on Xroach for X-WiMows, displays 
disgusting cockroaches on your screen. The- 
se creeoy crawlies scannper around until they 
find a window lo htde under. Whenever you 
move or reside a window, Ihe exposed or- 
thopteras again scamper for cover. VI .&, re- 
quires at least AnnigaOOS Release 2^ in- 
ffludes source. By Stetan Winterstein 

Good Double 

Some sample source usLng a couple of func- 
ttons that make for MUCK EASIER handlfng 
of double clicks \wlth ALL buttons. Works -per- 
fecttyl {at least with DICE,,.), Version 0,3 By 
Plolr Obminsld 

SmartPlay 

A quite small, and really fast muitifonnar 
rnoduleplayer for OS£,<>+, Supports most 
moduletorrnalE arourvd, and will plav ail mod- 
ules with Ihe -rW- replayroutlnes. The CPU 
usage of this prayer te also really low, so it 
will run fine even on a 7MHz Amtga, wttlie do- 
ing Siome highspeod serial transfers. 100% 
coded In assembler. V3,1, binary orty. By 
Peler Hjell 



Tarata 

A fast-paced action gam^. it offers 200 pre- 
definsd levels BfKf the abifty to design your 
own teveia and characters. Binary only. By 

David Ashley 

CONTEm-S OF DISK WQ 

Coiumna 

A GUI-based 'paper-saving" utifity. Afiows 
yOu to print text In cofumns ana use vanous 

compression modes {up to 1^ characters 
par llrve and 160 line? per standard DIN A* 
page). $.S times more characters than in t^su- 
al modes, t;iut still readable. Wrrtten corn- 
pletely In assembiy. KS SXf and 3.0 compati- 
ble, KS 2.0 looKj Keyboard controls and 
saveable settings, vi.5, binary only. By Mart- 
in MareSi Tcmaa Zikmund 

Rep^es intuition menus with popup menus 
whjch appear under ihe mouse pointer in- 
stead of in tlie lop of tNe screen- Voy can al- 
so ''rip" menus from she menu-bar and keep 
Uiem on the screen as a window all the time 
(or close them with the dose qadget. of 
course). VI. 1, binary only. By f^erre Dak 
Ba^largeon 

flobouldix 

Pla;^le demo of a game tiased on Boukjer- 
Qash. Usee ^ cotaur grapfiics. senaes and 
adap^ to PAL and NTSC. Over 500 dii>f^eitt 
objeefe in the registered version. (At>out 40 In 
the demo versRin). Require at least one 
megabyte of memory. Binary only. By Svante 
Berglund, Patnk Gri|S-Jansson 

Touch 

Amiga vw^ion of the Unix utility with the 
same name. Touch chaiwes the date and 
time stamp of sll specif led riles to the current 
date and time. V^S S-0 wildcards are support- 
ad. RequlTts OS3.0, includes source. By 
Dave Scnreiber 

CONTENTS OF DISK 901 

Amiga Base 

A hisreohical, programmable database that 
runs under OS i-3 and OS 2.0, Has a full in- 
tuition interface. Features include two display 
methods, filter datasets, search datasets, 
prfnt datassis, and mucii moje. Nearly eve-ry- 
fiiing can be resized by programming Amiga- 
Base- iDatatypes can be I nlcger, ReaL 
Boolean, String, Metno fT&^)i Dale and 
Ttme. Number of dfttesets is only limlte^t by 
available memory. Also Included m the pack- 
age are some example projects. Vi-^l. an 
update to VI .£i on disk 313. Sharewaren bi- 
nary only'. By Sietfen Guiniann 

CONTENTS OP DISK 902 

DWfPresets 

Some Overman, PalettO, Pallern and Pointer 
presents. Some will look a hit odd in modes 
other than HiRes- Interlace mode and default 
colors. If vouVe using Release 2-04, you'll be 
able to click on the Icons and charge tti« pre- 
sets Without having to use the Prefs tool. By 
David W. Ferguson 

Error 

OLI uHUly to prim a massage text tor Amiga- 
DOS errors along with prcoable causes and 

suggeetions for racoyeiV (From Amiga-DOS 
manual). V1.0, includes source, ey Nil 
FIsketJn 

Less 

A text (lie reader, descended from Unix 
"Less," Less has t^ures found on no other 
Aml^ f\\e reader it can use pipes, accepts 
multiple filenames, and has many oonveneeni 
positioning commands fat lorward and back^ 
ward movement, marking positions, elc This 
version adds an cptlor to suppress op^nino a 
new window, using the existing CLI window 
instead (especially us^l with an AUXl ^heih, 
arrd includes some minor bug li^es, V1.62-, 
an update to V1.4Z on disk number 511. in- 
cludes source rn SAS C S.3. By Ray Zarllr>g 
et. al, 

SItChr 

AUov^s users of ASDQ's CygrtUsEd ProlftS- 
sbonal 10 salecL a character via point-n-cliok 
father than having to remember (or tookup) 
the ascli kevcode lor it. Useful (or enterifvg In- 
ternational, speciaL or infrequentfy used char- 
acters. VI. 1, fiifes a bug present In VI .0 on 
disk number 690. Indudea source in C l=le- 
quires AmigaDos 2.0. By Mil FIsketjn 

Vlrus7 

A virus detector that recognizea over 2^0 
boot viruses and over ItS ifle viruses. Tlte 
filechecker can also decnjnch (lies for testing. 
The memory checker rem&ves all known 
viruses from memory without 'Guru Medita- 
tion' and checks memofy fof viruses regular- 
ly. VIrusZ has easy to use Intultionlzed 
n^enus including keycuts for both beginners 
arid experlerK^ users. VlruaZ performs a 
seff-teston every startup to prevent lln^ virus 
infection. Written entirely in assembly lan- 
guage and operates with KS 1.2/1.3, OS 2.0 
Indies 5.0. V3.07 an update to V5M on 
disk number $20, Shareware, hin^y only. By 
taeorg Hrmann 

(JOtfTENTS OF DISK 903 

ArmyHiner 

An ultimate "XMines^yps game Ihat inte- 
grates all ol the best aspects of the previous 
Amiga ^'ersions of the game. Options include: 
Automatically mark or clean, the neighbours 
of a snna/s: Safe start (no eKplosion at first 
click). Safe dick (gadgel-fike hefiavior tor 
aquarea}; Ouestlon tnaHo nor configuration 
analysis). You can also specify your own cus- 
tom board settings. The game has a very 
useful pLause opHon, sound effects, high- 
score tables and a very nfce interface, it 
wortcs under OS v1.3 or 2.0. NTSC or PAL. 
Vt.4, an update to V1.1 on (flsk number S76. 
Binsry only, By Alain Lafen'iare 

hAIC£ 

I^y image Code Editor. MICE generates 
source cods from standard IFF pictures. Can 
generate either assenbiv or C source. VI .2, 
3n update to VI .2. on tS&: number 590. Bina- 
ry oily. By Pierre-Loufs h^angeard 

ODisk 

A WB 2-xfa-x equivalent to the cli Info com- 
Triar>d and mOrO- QDisIl wlH momtor ypjur 
AMIQA DOS devices at speclMed Intervals 



defined by fod tvcee. ' 
types ii} posftion M mv 
Ind flag when space '. - . 
Vf.i, an update to vijiei 
Bina^ only- By l^omsan E" 

SupeFDuper 

A very fast disk copier ana ^je—^Dw ^^ 
make UP tofour um;5-- = : ::: tj -;- : '~ 
buffer in 36 seconcE. .t' i: ,■ - ' -. 

ram buffer take S7 ^t : : - : - ■ 
tion drive, plus 34 secerns ::- t^.: ■ i:_ _:-- 
al destination. VS-OO, ar. upca'.e Iz - ^ .i tr 
disk 753. includes a program to ^r^ \r^ 
eonte tields in the traokdisk device, and a "no 
click" type program. Binary on^- By Sefaas- 
tiano Vigna 

TBSk£ 

A GUI based task manager- I| provides yoj 

with information on running tasks and aOows 

you to deen up behind failed tasks by ctesing 
their windows and screens- in addrSon. you 
cen attempt to remove tasks by sendiiig them 
CTRL'C signals, and simply by disaibBrw 
them. V37.f, Includes source. By Michael D. 
Bayne 

Vlevt^ek 

A feaiufe packed Pknure/Animation Viewer. 
Shows most ILBM'sf including 24^it ILBM's), 
most CompuServe GIF fomat Images, most 
JFIF forrriat JPEG images and most AMIM 
Op-S fojrnat animations, with support for drf- 
fe>e nt palettes for each hame. SirppOdS 
SHAM. CTBL. and PCHG imagea, full sup- 
port of ECS/AQA display modes fie- show 
£56 coioF QlP's directly, show SOOxeDO HAM 
animations, etc.). Supporta viewing contenis 
of clipboard. Iconifies to a WB Apploon. In- 
cludes a version written for GVP's rmpact Vi- 
sion 24, to support true 24- bit display, VI .05. 
an update to vi 02 on disk number 757. i^e- 
miires WB 2.04+. binary onl^. By Thomas 
Krehbiel 

CONTENTS OF DISK 904 

ATS 

■'A(leTTltle3\ this program vrfll scroll a targe iff 
picture Up the screen, for the purpose oTcre- 
atlng rtdeo credits or other effects as you see 
fit. VI. 0, Includes source. By Jakob Qrdsted 

CxPak . ^ ^, . 

A set of five commodities: AutoCliCT a win- 
dow activator; WClnss close windows easily; 
V/Cycle cycJe screens or wfndows; WDr^ 
drag windows without having to find the tills 
bar; WSize resize windows w-Khout having to 
find the sizing gadgeL V1.0, Includes source 
in assembly. By Plerre-Louls Mangeard 

Fill 

Smart Mutti-ile Mover/Oopier. f^oves/copies 
tiles from the specified directory lo a stAcrfied 
destination. Optimizes spaoe on destination 
by uslr>g s "bost-fit" aloonthm. Capatile of Ril- 
ing every byte on a floppy without splitting 
fries. CLt-ussge only, Vt,1, iriclucfes source. 
By Ba^ry Wills! - 

'**lfiLED ^ ^ . ^^,, . 

Turns the power LED off when the CPU is 
idle, it operates using timer^ on CI AG. This is 
continuously reset liv the Idte task runnlrig at 
low priorrty (-127^. When the klle lask is pre- 
empted by anyming» the timer Is flowed to 
underflow causing the Interrupt server to run 
which turns on the power Bght, Next tlnw Uie 
idle task nuns. It ^tmedlsfely turns off tfie 
power lighf. VI .Oa, Inciirdes source. By Lind- 
say fJeek 

Term 

An update to the binaries released cn disks 
eai and S3Z. This is an update only and con- 
tains several bug fixes lo the evecutabies 
released in that series. To obtain full benefit 
from the package, you should aleo obrair the 
documentation and support files on disks 
631- 633. V3.4, binary only. By Olaf 'Olsen 
Barthal 

CONTTENTSOFDISK^OS 

Action 

A program lor starting ottier programs depen- 
dent on file types. Files are shown, un- 
packed, executed, etc dependent on a cho- 
een action. Executes (mulpple) commardi fw 
each passed file apprt^riate to the file tvpe, 
w^ich are descried m a action definihon ftte, 
Vt.O, binary only. By Michael Suelmann 

DTrae 

Smiiiar to "Tree" on the IBM PCs., displays a 
devices' "Tree" heirerchy. While similar pre- 
grams exist for Ihe Amiga, Ihey dont use 
standard Inpul/output- Standard i^a makes 
many things possible, like piping, i/o recsrec- 
tiqn. etc. VI .□ , I ncludes source. By Sam Yee 

Eval 

A futi-featured floating po4nt expressH?n eval- 
uator that can assign vaiiables, i»s rnarry 
bualt-in functions and constanis, aikiws aipii 
and output in any nun^er base, and uses a 
C-like syntax for expressrtn evsJualiorL FJ 
APJSI C source is Incti^ed and eas^ 
portat^le to other platforms. VI .1 3, an upfiste 
To VI .12 on disk number 057. Indudes 
source. By Will Menninger 

Multiuser 

Allows you to create a Unct^iike envlfonmant 
where several users live together In harrrtony, 
unable to delete each others files, unable to 
read those private love-letters of other 
users-.. And tnis ewen irf several users are 
working on the rnachine at the same Ume (on 
a termfniJ Iwoked up to ihe serial pert) Vf.4, 
requires 0^.04+ and a hard drrva, nnary 
only- By Geert Uyttwhoeven 

NullModem 

A aof^are device that imitates two modients 
and a phone line, on one rnachine. l wrocs i 
whilst looking at the WPL scripting languape. 
so tfiat t could play arounrf wlUieut havoig to 
spend any money on expensive phone cifc, 
but it can be used for testing various oihar 
programs. V2.0,. binary only. By lain i-Sbbed 

TWC 

Two Way Chat & Send enables you to m^ 

use of your modem's fuli-duptex ' — ^" 

faict, it can save you up to sO^ tra; _ 

lime. With TWCjrou can pxinnect to another 
guy runnijig TWCT, ther you may Sansi'K 3e- 
AfJD chat.-da{a at the sarrie tirrie in bete dh 
rections- GU I- dtiven . r&jp.*e5 032,0**. 
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COWTENTS OF DISK 906 

SackDrops 

A (ifLencHy 2.11 Prefa program lor your WB that 
will allow you to \^9p a list of your favorite 
backdrops ancf have a new one appear each 
time vour computer is rabootao. Requires 
NIck-Prefs or a simitar program to display the 
backdrop. VI .00, binary only. By floss Mac- 
Gregor 

MftflicMflnu 

Replaces ait fnEuition menus, supporting itjoth 
"pud- down" and "pop-up" menus. Menus can 
be displayed in eilher tfve Standard ioot^, or 
the modem ArtiioaOS 2.Q style SO-Locik, and 
CDntrol]S[t exduave^ using m& kayboatv], (no 
need lo grab tlie mouse anymorsl) Corfl^- 
uraWe handling amd appearanca. Remenn^ 
bera every menu's last SEir'BC:tsd item, dlsj^tay- 
ing Pap' Jp menus the ne>!t time aT a position 
allc^ng quick selection of the sarrs or neigh- 
boring Hems. AiftDmatically bnngs the cur- 
renlty active screen {f\ not visibla) to Hie front 
for menu se^ectmn ttien returns 11 10 ttie ttack 
eH& a selector! is rrfsde, fnput liineoLrtSH plus 
much morel \/i,£7, binary only. By Martin Ko- 
mdrfer 

Move 

A compad, fsst CH move coinmand mat a^ 
Jews the nnoving of files c^er muKlple dei'lces, 
tt Villi perfcfm 9 ^true" move {a ta r^n^Triie} 
when fUes are Wnq moved around on the 
same device, making ii very tfi^i, vi\\He still 
t»ing abie to psrform moves ovef mullipte 
devices. Move will also allow you to nov$ nJe 
lirtks, aivl suppcvts all standard 2.k wildcards. 
V2,2a, Tequirea KS 2,04 or higher, bfiary on- 
iy. By Asher Fetdman 

PhxAS'fi 

PhxAss i6 a complete imacro assembler, 
which supports the instrucHon-sel and ad- 
dresslr»g mudfre of all impodanit Mo^orotft pfo- 
cassors 

{MC6eaoD,6BD T ,6eo30,6303a .65040, esas); 

and SSS51). It undeistands all common as- 
SBmbler-directives and can ganefato not only 
lirtk^le o<biecT-fiJes but also abscluie code, 
which can be written to mennoiy, lo a file of 
directly to dtah using Iho 'tradtdisk-device'. fn 
all cetses the us^r has ttie opportunity to 
choos* b«t*eeri tl^e largg and small 
code/data-JHOdeL Version V3.30, an update 
tq version V3.0fl on dfsk nLmnber S53, Binary 
only, sfiareware. By Frank Wllle 

Pow^FData 

Patctias AmigaDO^, enabling all programs to 
read and write files packed with PowSfPacker 
in way Si-at is completeiy transparenj to tlie/n- 
saives and the system. Programf ^i|l read 
powerpacked datafrles direct^, and will aEso 
magicaTly start compressing Ih-air owr 
dat^riles, as thay cr^'ate or update iHem, 
V3e.200, an updala to die VSS.IIS on disk 
number 341. PanlaJtv Jocaiized for itse wlifi 
WB 2.1. flequires WB S.04+, Binary only, 
stiaraware. By Michael Bar^ 

CONTENTS OF DISK 907 

AmiOlA^K 

OWKMaJI formal offline mrasage ^tem. Al- 
lows reading of OWl^aii formai online rnas- 
sage packets mputar with n^any bulelir^ 
board systems (BBSes). Rspties can b« edit- 
ed usirg any text editor and packed for irans- 
fer at a later ikne. AmIQWK has been t^&ted 
with many QWKMail systems for IBM and 
Amiga baeed BBSes. He<]Uire& WB :3r04 or 
higher. Release 2 Vt.O, Shareware, binarj 
only. By Jinn Dawson 

CyberPeger 

The GyberPagei softwafe allows one fo send 

alpha- numeric pagas from ode's Arniaa, This 
is A«omp4i5hea by dealina into an 1X0 proto- 
col conrpnant ^g«r oentral and uploading 
messages- Features include: Alias dies lo* 
commonly paged people to be refened to by 
name rather than cryptic Pin numbers; 
'taroups' filB aliowing messages to be easily 
eant to many people wodtlng on tfie sarne 
ivojKl, same department, etc; Supports rmjl- 
tiple pager centrals through a Servkies oon- 
figuration fiEe; Full lugging of messa^s 
spooled dialaut attemptV etc. and much 
more. Requires AmigaDOS 2.0+. indudss 
source. By Christopher A. Wichura 

DD 

A directory scanner, something like DIR or 
LIST, hut it doas much mors. It can use many 
different rypes of file lisis^ son file lists, analy- 
se file conitants, display statistics, search for 
identical Nles arid so on_ '^I.O, bn^ry only. By 
Martin Mares 

VEiJBoTitler 

Generates professionaJ lonking TV lEfles 9nd 
credits for your own videos. Outstanding al^E^ 

lias are very smooth scralling, colar slides 
(A(^A-s(^pcn) and usa^e of colerfonls. Limit- 
ed demo version only. Vf.1, bmary only, 
shareware. By Andreas Ackermann 

ZQif 

A VEPV fast, and very small OlF di^layef, 
tde^Fy suited To the new AdA machines, but 
also provides a quick greyscala display foe 
older fnachinas. Main feature? are: Sti^ALU; 
CLI interface; A'QA fully supported, 34-bn 
paJetta utilized: Asynchronous file reading; 
Qomes in 6S0204 ajid 63-nuthi.n versions. 
Version 0.4, binary only. By Miciiaal Zucchi 

COrTTENTS OF DiSK Sflfi 

DvlDvi 

Converts a DVl file into another DVI (iJa, with 
pertiaps certain C-nanges_ It allows for exam- 
ple pnnting of two or Tour pages par sheet ol 
paper or doubfesided printing. Vi.O, Includes 
SOutDe. By Tomas Rokickl, Amiqa-Port and 
implementation of PasTsX' Su pporl by 
Jochen Wiedmann 

A out-based editor with lets of fync- 
Erons^options. Highlights include: 053.K look 
& functions {AppWindows, MenuHelp); Fold- 
i ng oi paragraphs ( unl imited neslinq 
avaflaUe)^ Menua hjlly customtzabJe (easy-to- 
use requesters); Maoru recorder: ARobc port 
(about 2S0 commands/options): Autoflefs ca- 
pablElly (Incfudes. autochj[:5, sources, „,]; 
HotKey abtivalion; Automatic ohrasa comple- 
tion, based on dictionary: Smooth display. 
fast scrolNnpK Unlimited number of winanws: 



ASCII ctiaractar selection wlr>dow: Autc&ack- 
up {any irtteiv^l^' Online ti@lp, JAmt^at^uide) I 
irtsenion/removal of columns; Qiipboard sup^ 
port^ Project fias: Sman inoent^ion; DICE 
compilar Irontand , JG UIMake) .. .and much 
more! Part T of a 2-part distrihution, part 2 
can be found on disk number 909. Version 
0,94, binary ontv. By Dletmar Eilert [GoJdED) 
^ Rico KrasowsKi [GUIMake} 

HFK 

Yet another TitleBar clock that trifts to look 
Ijfee pan of your WB tiUe bar. Jt actuaily opens 
a vory smdl, nondraggable window in 1he up- 
per npht comer of ttiB scieen_ HFK <lpenS on 
Ifie default publk; screen, which will usually 
be WB, HFK uses almost Q% of CPU time, as 
it ia wntten ver^ efficiently in C. taking ddvan' 
lage of the timer.deviee, and only once a 
rftafinte to render the tlrTte, V39,35, Fteqmres 
WB 3.0, binary only. By Hert^en West 

MegaVliRW 

A 't^ulti-View" kind of pn:igram for use with 
WB 2.0. It usas the whatls.llbfary (Induded) 
10 recognize Ihe fjlelype of a FI39 with which i! 
is invoked to run a fiFetype-Bpedrc program. 
M^aView can be used rrorn tiie Sliefl, from 
WbT as Oefautt Tool in proiecl icons, as an 
Applcon or as an App-Menultem. V1,03, pub- 
lic domain, indudes source. By Hans-Jrg and 
Thomas Frieden, Whatis.library by &^vain 
Rougier and Pierre Caretle 

COWTEMTS OF DISK 909 

QordEC32 

A GUI -baaed editor wJ|h bis oi f unc- 
lipns/ciptiQfiB. HlghNgfitt Ifwlude; OS3,x took 
&. functions (Appwindows, M^nijHeJp); FoU- 

ir>g of paragraphs (unflmited nesHn^ 
available); Menus fully custgmi^at^a (easy-lQ- 
u&e requesters): Macro recorder; Ahskk port 
(about 2&D commanda'opiions): AuioRefs oa- 
pab^ifly (incEudes, autodocs, sources, ...); 
HolKey ad^vadon; Automaik: bhmse comgle- 
tlort, based on diclionary; Smooth display, 
last stfoltinfl; Unlimited number of windows: 
ASCII character selection window; AutoBack- 
up (any interval)- Online help, (AmigaGuidel; 
Insertlon/remciwal of columns; Cfipboard sup- 
port; Project files; Smart Indentation; DtCE 
compilef fronlertd, JGUIMafce) ,„and mireh 
more! Pan 2 of a 5-part dfstribulfon, part 1 
can be found on disk number 3(}€, Ver^fon 
0.94. binary only. By Dietmar Eilert (GoldED) 
& Rico Krasowskt (GUI Make) 

CONTENTS OF DISK 91 C 

DerPubScraen 

A little wedge that maSces the Cront-most 

screen the de(aull public screen, [f the front- 
rHJSt SCfSen isn't a public acresn, nothing 
changes- It wedges into the vertical blanking 
inieirupt server chairr and watches Intuitiwi's 
lecord of the from most sireen. When the 
frofiit-most screen changes, the main task is 
signaled and responds oy making the front- 
mosi screen ine defeuli jsiblic screen if pos- 
sible. This is all totally transparent and hap- 
pens •^y quickly, and js very handy for peo- 
ple who have seperale screens far ShsFI win- 
dows etc, V2,D0, binary only. By Matt Francis 

DSound 

PSourvd <s an SSVX sound sample player 
that plays san%pies directly off a hard dnve, 
without having to foad an entire sample Into 
memory first, making (t possible to play sam- 
ples of any tengih even under limited memory 
condilions. Vi,30, an updaleto VL20 on disk 
numbet 7^. This version (ij^es some bugs 
erKi oMs. a deaplay to the DSound window 
that shows the fenglt* of the satTiple and the 
anwum played so far, both in min- 
utes: ;aeconds format. Includes source. By 
Dave Schraiber 

IEv4Derm> 

An kxHi editor which can create and rtodilV 
icons up to G^Qx25G piKelS in sIzBh up to S56 
colors, edit atl non- graphicat icon parameters 
including up td 4CrtGolEypes, imporfeKport 
IFF images, recoiour icons for 0OS2,Gh wnte 
tsKt into icon in any for>t and style, sc:ale icon 
images, edit default ir^ans, seJect screan reS' 
oFutron and magnificaftiDn for editing, arrd 
much morel Demons&stlon version of IE 
V4,0. update to IE an disk, number 621, This 
version runs MUCH faster ^r>d uses MUCH 
less memoryl Requires WB 2.04-'-. Binary on- 
ly. By Petar Kiem 

PowarCache 

A new. user friendly, comptetety configurable 
disk caching system. Has tons of feaitures. in- 
cluding a ToHit sensitive GUt, muttlple unit 
caching, selectable read- only or foad/wtta 
cache mode, cache-in -a-^Fa option statistics 
graphs, a low memory handler, a Full ARbkx 
intertace and more than 1 QOk of AmIgaGtiide 
documentation, to mention a few. Online help 
is j^nptionally) available e^vorywhe^e using 
AmigaGjIde. Installs as a sirriple convmodity 
and rs ol course hotkey contrs^iebi^. Requires 
St least KS 2.04. Oariain boni^s feature re- 
quire 3.0 or later. Localised, CatComp source 

incltided, V37.64. binafy only, shareware By 
Michael Berg 

W8KJIIAGA 

WB Interface for Jolyon Ralph's "KIHAGA" 
program, providing a short progratm thai can 
ba used as the "default tool for art loon. Also 
Includes a Utility to convert many Fcons at a 
time. Original KillAGA diatribution included. 
By Fabian tvluner, KiHAGA by Jolyon Ralpfi 

CONTENTS OF DISK 911 

GadLayDul 

A System l^r laying out gadgets in a dynamic 
fonf and locale sensJlive manner. Note that It 
is not a grapWcal editor, but a sel of rouMnes 
for programmers to lee Iffl tflucli greater coiv 
troi in ihe taying out of gadgets, V3&,£2 
rejea^e 1,6 beta, includes sounse and an bk- 
ample pfogtam. By Timothy J. Aston 

QadOutllne 

A shared labrary intended to movide prD^rani- 
mere wtth a means of descnbing the general 
layout of a CUMn a i^ont-independanT man- 
ner, taking ca/e of the details of determining 
the exact placemen-t 0^ the Individual elsmen- 
ts of the display ar>d the drudgery oi creaiting 
ar^ maji^gkng ell of Ihe gadgets. In addition. 
Ft provides a very generaTzed mechanism for 
tracking the state of all ot na gadgets to sup- 
port aLnomatLC resizing and dosing, and open- 
irig of a window without loss of carteid- In- 
cudes autom^c hotkey support and a vector 



based drawing module that can tie used tor 
evarythi n^ from drawing frame s around 
groups or gadgets to creaftng custom images 
for BOOPSi gadgeis. V2.0, includes the ii- 
brary, programmer support files and some 
examples. By Dianne hfatkbom 

PSM 

Vet Another f*ublic Screen Program, tt was 
primarily written as a demonstration of the 



gadoutline.iibrary, and is thus currerttly very 
QLTfcenljFC it does no commarHJ Irne parsing 
tor CLI users or even look at its WB 



tooltypes. On the other hand, it does tiave a 
very sophislrcated mullr-window user Inter- 
face and allows almost compiate control over 
the creation of screens, 'yi ,0, blnaiy only. By 
DiannS' Hatkborn, 

COhiTFNTS OF DISK 912 

Enforcar 

A tool to monitor illegal memory access tor 
68020^^851. 6803t>, and 68041: CPUs. This 
Is a completely new Enforcer from the original 
Idea by Bryca NeshiTt. It comains m^ny new 
and wonderful features and options and no 
longer contains any exceptions for spedEk: 
software. Enforcer can now also be used wilh 
CPU or SetCPU FASTROftfl or most arty oth- 
er MMU-KS- Mapping tool. Major new output 
options such as locafoulput, stdout. and par- 
fihef port. Highly optimized to be as fast as 
possiblB. var.K, an update to V37.2a on 
disk numtier 773. Requires V37 of the OS or 
better and an MMU. By f^ichael Sinz 

UUArc 

ULtArc is an archiving system designed to 
enable easy iranemission of binary 
fifesJ'arthivas over communcatlon lirtks onty 
cepabte Qf using ASCIL such ss Eleclronlo 
Mail. It encodes oinary files into files contain- 
ing only printable standard ASCII characters. 
Written pfimari^ for use wltt> GuiArc to add 
U U Ertcodlng'U UDecodlng fai^litiBS ta it it 
takes simliar command Trne options to otnar 
commonly used archiving programs. VI. 1, 
public domain, includes source. By Julie 
Brandon 

UUxT 

Makes the task of uuencoding and decoding 
simple.. You can even Iha and'^uuencode mul- 
tiple files in a single step! (And vice versa) Al- 
so, UUxT will decode uuencaded tiles Itiat 
have multiple mall files and other garbage in 
Hwmt Includes UUkT-gui, ari inhiiijon 1ron- 
teitd fw UtJxT, M offers all Ihe power o( 
UUxT, but from the WBl it has a ellef. WB S.O 
styie look, even undw 1,3. UUxT V2.1, 
uOstT-GUi VI .{J. Binary only. By Asher Fekd^ 

man 

Tasic 

An "Expert-User" 3ype tool for chan^ng any 
tasks' priority or signalling a task. 
CiChangeTaskFri cannot ehanga task prlc^i- 
ties of non^OOS-processes and^C:Ereak can- 
not signal a non-DOS process 'Task' cani 
Requires KS £.04+. VI. 06. binary oniy. As- 
sembly source available from autnor. By To- 
bias Ruland 

Vak 

"Yet Another KomnWdity. Features a sun- 
mcKise that only activates when mouse slops, 
KeyActsvflfe windows, Click windows to front 
or back, Cycle acrsena with mcuse. Mouse 
and Screen blanking^ 

Close/Zia'Shrlnk/Enlaroe windows with pro- 
grammaDle fiotkeys. Activate WS by hotkey 
[to get at menus when WB obscured), Pop up 
a palette on front screenn Insert date (in varr- 
ous fornnats), KeyCllrit wl^ adjustable vol- 
ume, Pop-Command key for alartino a com- 
mand (Ilka PopCLI), Gadtoola interface, AJI 
settings accessible from WB tOOltypes, 
VI. 521 an update to VI. 2 on diak number 
7BZ By Martin W, Scotl 

COHTENTS OF DISK 913 

Assignfrfanager 

A new prefs editor whict> hflndies your cus- 
tom assigns in a hiondly, a]l -encx^mpassi ng 
way. No rnore fiddfing with Aasign commands 
in User^-Startups, Now you can use Assign- 
Manager to edit your list of ^slgns to your 
heart's content. 'Vt.OO, binary onTy. By Matt 
Francis 

AssignPrafs 

Anotfier ^ogram to simplify the as^gnments 
done in ttte startup sequence. Ttie assign- 
ment list can ba sdited with AssignPrefs and 
than stored for later use, VI ,02. includes 
source. By Thomas Friedan 

frioontool 

A port of John Walker's moontool program tor 
UNIX. It gives a variety of slalistics about the 
moon, including phase distance, SnguFar, 
si^e arwj time lo nen lull mQon_ A schematic 
of the current phase is also shown as a pic- 
ture. This is Illustrative only; Ihe accurate 
phase is shown in the tax!. Now font-sensitive 
and will automatically use the user-defined 
system font (non- propohional). If the font is 
\^o large, the program will fall-back to Topaz 
a, V1.T, an update to VI ,0 on disk number 
aoOr Binary only. By John Walkor, Amiga port 
by Eric G. BuchansK 

PlcKStailup 

Allov^s you to select a startup-sequence ol 
your liking. Reguires AmigaDOS ?.04+, in- 
cludes source. By BJIi Pierponl 

Stlcklt 

A computer replacement for ihe of Post- It 
note.. It allows you to stick notes onto your 
screen whicti will be displayed evflTy time you 
re-bool; useful to remind you of things to do. 
Features: Unllmifed number of notes on 
screen; fJotes remsntoer where you left 
them; User-defined font nams^slze; User- 
defined note siz&; User-defined 
tejd/background colour {yep, they can be yel- 
low if you want 1); User-oenned delay at start- 
up to avoid disk thrashing; User-dennad fiie- 
name far note intormalian. Bequras Amiga- 
DOS 2.04-)-. V1.D2, inchides SDun;e. By Anoy 
Dean 

VirusCheckar 

A virus checJter that can check memwy, disk 
bootblocks. and all disk files for ^ns or most 
krKiwn viruses. Can rememtier nonstandard 
bootblocl^ ttiat you indicate are QK and not 
bother you about them ege^rt. Includes an 
APejo( pr>rt Haw supports Skirs Boot- 
blDck-librajy. By using this Lbrary and its 



bT'^infle you tiave smsttUtfum 

block viruses as SHt eritoHe m 

V6.^, an tjodate ID y&2Z SB dM 1 
ry only. ByJcrivsVe' 

VoiceShal] 

A replacemer^t for VCU b> I 
doesn't iiave the fanc^ vapvs ! 
seems to eat less CPQ €rne snc ! 
faster overall. It also has stds sA 
Vl,11, binary only. By Tora 
voice, library by Richajd hfome 

CONTENTS OF DISK St4 

MainActor 

A modular anlmalion package with ma/^ lea- 
turea. Modules included in thf5 release ar« 
IFF-AnIm Si7l3. IFF- AnimBnish, PC)(JFF 

The features Irwiude playing frorti haiddisit. 
■ playirtg anifriaifons In windows (033,05, »n- 
mo of enimaflonB and mucti more. The P»CSS- 
S0I1 gfx tward is supported, VI-I6, an uodaa 
to VT.Q on disk number 3&&, Binary only. By 
Markus Mo^nig 

COMTEMTS OF DISK 515 

Biitz2Deiro 

A next generation BASJC with features bor- 
rowed Pom PASCAL, C and others, B1lti3 
can be used to program any type of software, 
from vaiuabje appiicatigns to eniedaJning ar- 
cade games. Faatures; Fi^t implementation 
of extended BASIC j^^lect.Caso 
Whi]e..wend etc.); Support for standard IFF 
graphics, sound and aniimalions: Newtypes 
similar to C Suuclures making Blitz2 more 
than just another BASEC: in-line macro as- 
sembler fw advanced users; Linked Eist sup- 
mrl for quick datat^ase type programming; 
Standard Amiga screen, window, menu and 
gadget manaoement commands; Full access 
to the internaT Amiga Eibraries anti structures; 
Power-Windo^vs type user interface genera- 
tor... .and much, rTu^ morgi O^mo version 
with the Ihe "create ej^ecutable" option 
dtEabled. Lois of exampEas, bul very little doo- 
umentation, Vl ,00, binary only. By Mark Sibty 

A commodity to Change screHsn order by se- 
lecting a screen name from a lisTviiew, Also 
allows binding oT hotkey to any screen with 
a proper name. Supporfe automatic acllvatlwi 
of windows (remamt^ers last a^lvatipns) 
when changing to new screen, is con^urable 
wllh Preferences program, has a tiil intuition 
interface and is font sensttive (tnduding pro- 
portional fonts). DDCumentatiK)n in Ami- 
gaGuide, ASCII and DVI foimats, Requires 
AmigaOS 2.04 or later. V2.0, binary only, 
freeware, By Markus Aalto 

StaitRam 

A very East, vwy recoverable ram drive, it 

works on any Amifla ijsin^ V£:,04 or greater 
of the OS. it maintains the remarkable reccv- 
erability of tha original VDG:, bul has now 
been foiaily Te-w^ifteri 10 handle any DOS 
filesystem, oe named what you liks and give 
back memory from d^et^d fifes instanllyr 
Based on ASt>G's VDO:'. '^^i.t, an update to 
Vt.5 on disk number 871. Binary only. By 
Richard Wasp?. Micola &almgiia 

COffTENTS OF DISK 916 

ChangeMode 

A utiti^ for people wtio would like to change 
the mode (screentypet and dispiaysize (over- 
scran} of a fMcture or animalion. An animation, 
made in f,i. a doubtilescan resolution, can t>s 
forcad into any other (genlock- Compatible?) 
mode, and complete direcloTiea of pfctures 
can be changed to any mode available. This 
utility uses the information from the graphics 
database to be able to ease your choice. 
VI.O, binary only. By Ekke Verheul 

ChEm Balance 

An ARexK script to balance unbalanced 
tliemical equations. Wilh ChemBalance In 
ram, enter 'jx rflm;ChemBflJanee" from a CLi 
or Shell window. A prompt shovid appear 
from which you can enter an unbalanced 
cliemical equation for Cl^emBalance lo iry to 
b^ance, V2,0, an update to Vt.o on di^ 
number 759, Raquifes ARexx, By Patrtck Re- 
any 

MalhPlot 

A functioii plotter with lio^og plot, a comf:4etfr 

KS 2.0 interface^ and Af^ew support. Needs 
KSMi'B 2.0 and mtocklibrary flncludan. 
V2,D7, an update to V£,01 on disk 648. 
Shareware, source available Irom autlKir. By 
Ruediger Dreier 

Rego 

Registration Manager. A style of Address- 
Book/Database thai allows you Lo keep Uadk 
of multiple registrations, Usetul for Sharcwai? 
authors, for eiample. Also allows an dpInrBl 
comment. VI .01, shareware, trinaiy arif. 
Source availabte from tt>e author. By Pml 
Mclachlan 

ScreeriVode 

A rsady-io-llnk SAS-ot;je^tfile with a nice 
Screen Mode R aquester. Features indude 
prograrnmaWe property-lists, Font-&ensitivtiy, 
soreeneize- sensilMty and autocentef. Easy 
to use and pretty. Freflwara fw WB2,0+ Pirij- 
lie Ciomaln software. Includes the otsjeo;, 
hcadeif lc, C-eKampfe and autodocs. Source 
available from author. V1 .0, tested with 
We2.0WB3,1. By Ekke Verheul 

TrashMaster 

A WD 2.x Applcon (0 "drag-and-drop* delete 
files. Deletes any files and directories land 
the fites in them] who's icon[s) are dropped 
into the trashmaster Applcoo, Piles can t?e 
deleted interactively, with confirmation on 
each filg (dalele, al, abort, and skip), Di^ 
wiEi be fomrattad. Vl.e, binary only. By Anc H 
Caley 

Warain 

A thinkin^ii game for the WB. The pla^ wvsi 
reproduce a random pattern by filing m a,^^ 
in the wr^^ct order. The difftculty ranges mm 
moderately easy to impossible. Uses very fc- 
tle CPU lime end very littie memory, so is n- 
al for playing while raytraotng, etc. Rsqures 
0S2.cn- Vi^. Amioa-E source code incus- 
ed. By Sean RussaiT 

Woirna 

A monitor-polito 

Blocker, very useful 

Amiga resides in a putiic ptaia. 



73 



not automatically activate by eisp^m thme, 
instead, rt mus! Dft actrvated arxJ de- aetlval- 
ed by hand. While hIanWng (the program's 
name "WDrma" will become obvious] and all 
Input will be blocl?ed until the secret key com- 
binatipn 't& niressdtJ. V1 .0^ SouiCd available 
from aurtwr. By Ekke Vertioul 

CONTENTS OF DISK 917 

AilSH 

A cornmand lin^ interpreter fw tfra Arrtga. 
Features intlude file nanta compieflofi, par- 
temi exparision , expf^asior, compuiatton, 
command history, for... don* loops, full sup- 
port of AmigaDOS 2.0, and much mora. Al- 
most fully compatibiB with ARP and Com- 
rwjdore sfidfs. V3.15, art updale from V1.S2 
on disk 747. Binaiy only. By Oenis Gout^eHe 

CsrdPack 

Tv^ IFF i^crur^S f)l a niceljr drawn siandaid 
playing deck {if 52 cards, far ava\uaHion pur- 
fgfSM ($40x400) format. Usage in your awn 



J... and ASCil file \mpoft anfi export. 
. V3.3. an update to Vl,2 on disk numb&r 
9ZD. Binary only, atiarewaro. By Alan WLggin- 



!ff^3, 



JHograms requires registration which also en- 
ctlea you lo tn& JoJter plus Ihe (e40)(200) s*t 
of cfirda, VI .0. By Jfm Schwartz 

MandBlMania 

A fast Mandelbrot S«t and Julia Set calcula- 
tion program. Tno mair fealuies ar&: Cr«al« 
arimatians automflStcallj via ARexx script file; 
2_5 times faster than MandFXPr On-l5na ^elp 
usinio amigaguidsJibrmy; Sjpports alt Amiga 
graphic morfea, inc(. AGA modes aiK) fluto- 
scroll screens: Loading and saving using IFF 
format. Picture parameters are Stored in a 
specif chunk" Supports MaTidelbrot Set 
L^M, Jj|(4 Set L5r^.4, Mandeibrat Set CPM 
(TvVO-and |hree-<fimension3t], Julia 5st CPN^ 
(two-and tlnreedimersLonat], Lyopunov 
Spacs; Colormap can be ctiangsd; Burit in 
co^orcv^nc; tasy scroirrg by pressing the 
curaof keys. ^'4.r. require? KS ZA {VSs+ of 
asl.llbrar/3, binary only. By Mariojs Zahndsr 

PhoneBIII 



A logliJe artalvser. What il basically does, is 
scan tha logflle[sl ganeraied by a teiminal 
progfani or a mailer, exiract aJi information 



abwt calts you have made by using your mo 
dem, attd stores ill in its own (shortl ftffmiat. 
Features; Userdefinablfl' callrates; sypports 
logfites ge ner-al^* by f^agiCaJI , NComm, 
TmpDoof, Teim, ana Terrflnusj Automatic 
lo^riEe iruncasing; Generates msscellaneous 
raportam stfltiatics, tot^ c«ts- Requires KS 
2.04 or hJgfier, riice GU\ and supportG new 
3.0 featjres (new look menus, -). VI .08, bl- 
nary only. By Rayrtiond Penrens 

PiCalDemo 

Demo version o( a calendar program wJiich 
allows you to view a selected montli and 
year. What makes PICalDemo unique is tha 
ability to display pictures. Since this is a 
dimo, only one piocure is displayed. Tlis fuJIy 
worlong version, PiCel, displays a diflerent 
pictura tor eacl^ frtonth of tfta ysar. VI .00, bi^ 
nary only. By Greg Surre 

VTlirwr 

A Simple giopwalch timing display mat can be 
used to time videp evenis if genkjgked ovar a 
scene. Vt.OO, olnary only. By GregSujr^ 

CONTEWTSOFCHSKaia 

Mglllplat 

An intuitive data piotting progrann taatuing 
fieKit3le input opiiona. arblirary text addiiion. 
automatic scalirig, zoom and slide with clip^ 
ping at boundarlas, a range of oiitpirt tile fcr- 
mafs and publication quality phnted output. 
WB printers are supported via Iransparftrtt 
use of Ihe PLtr device, Postscript and HP 
L^efjet primers are directly supported. Ver- 
sion XLMt VI ,06. an update to version XLhJe 
on disk 5:^. Binary only. By Alan B>axter, Tim 
Mooney, Rich Champeaux, Jim Mltl^ 

WBVerlaiif 

Wlows the owners erf AGA machines to cre- 
ate s nice Cofffier background for a se- 
lectable color, usfrtq the wftole 1@ million cc^ 
or range of the AGA chips. Sy speciiyina the 
color ol Ihe fir-st and the tsst line oi^ ths 
screen, WBVeilauf will make a smootfi color 
change by selting a nes« color value on every 
eoanfine. now a commcdliy and allo^ edlN 
ing24-brt rainbow copperflsts In lealtlme. Re- 
quEres KS 3.0 and AGA. V2.0, binary only, By 
Chris!ian A Weber 

COtlTENTS DF DISK 316 

BBBF 

The Boolblock.litirary and brainfila is now 
used by several programs e. g.L D^Gopy 3.1, 
;<'Copy from april 93 and VinjS'Checker from 
V6.29.. Intended for use by programmers of 
ainti-vJTUs utilities, diskcopy program, direclory 
utilities, disk pacfcers and for whoSvBr who 
wants to Check the bonlblOck ot some device. 
The library has some easy'tc^use functions to 
r«ad Ihe bi^n-file, arrd to d>dck a booib^ock 
wJir 1L ViOi'31, an upiiate to version 0.95 
beta on disk 797. Tnis braintlie nov^ recooj 
nizos 163 different boot viruses and About 7D 
boot virus clones, Ir^uc^ sample source. 
By Johan Eliasson, Sa^e Hex International 
member. 

Iflok 

A powerful progra/n for creating and shoowlng 
disk magazines. Supports IFF phctures, IFF 
truehH, ANSI, fonts, PowerPaetter, and 
many more lealuress Programmed in assem- 
bly langua^ lo be frrian and fast. German 
languaoe only. V2.0, an update to Vi.9 on 
cflSK S5Z. -Shareware, binary only. By Ar^r 
Voget 



Enhanced r^placsmenit for AmigaDOS' LIST 
and D1P commands. Qdir lists nies in alpha- 
betica) order displayirtg aSI tile ancf d-irectory 
Statistics like ihe LIST command. The result 
Is a nice orderly lisiing that makes it easy to 
tind what yau are lOokrng for. Vl ,30, requires 
AmjgaDOS 2.0^ KS V37 « higher. Binary on- 
ly. By Gregg Schotfleld 

QuickFltb 

A neKlt^SH fast and easy to use dal fIFe 
database using random access vriitt intelli- 
^nt bullfertrtg 10 minimise dis}( access, multi- 
ple indices for fast eocess to records, tcinr> 
and list Style screens and reports, and Fast 
sortlr^ and searching. Flies are quickly and 
easily defined, and fletds can be a^kJed, 
changed or deleted at any time. Now sup- 
ports up to ^5 fieldf per record, date dam 



Touch 

Another Amiga version of Ihe Unrx utility with 
the sama name. Touch charig95 the d^e srid 
time sTamn of all specJIiad files lo tha current 
date and time. This version will afsa create an 
empty fiie (like ii\e Unix version] if tJie spe«l- 
fiea tile does not exist. VI .0, pjbiic domainn 
Includes source. By Kai Iske 

TxtCvt 

Converts PC lest document (MicrMoft Wo^d 

for DOaWindows or Windows Write} to pure 

ASCII format. V1.D. Includes source. By Njl 

Rsketjn 

CONTENTS 0FDISKd2D 

Ami^Bi^ulde 

Archive distribution of ttiB AmigaGulde hyper- 
tBJtt utility direct from CommodorB- Ccnrains 
developer examplas and toofs for Ami- 
gaGuHJe urvder V34^37 and V39, p^us a new 
free prinUslgri/sand-ln dtstribution license tar 
AmloaGulde, amigagulde. library, WDIsplay, 
and ffKir Icons. An update to the version on 
disk number BTd, contains: Amigaf^ulde 54.^ 
amlgagulde.lfcrary 34-11, AD^AG 39_3 and 
WDisplay ^4.1. By Commodore Business 
Machines 

BBSGuard 

A program which wifl moftitor the phtjne rirtg- 
inn, monitor carrier detect, disable Guru Mec- 
itahuns, autc-tanceF ail requ^stsrs, and If a 
volijme Is validatkng, pause the system untlli it 
is done. V2.D3, bmaTV only. By Darrelt 
Grainger 

BigAnJm 

An animation player capable of "direct ttom 
disk" pla/bacit, with user seloctabte buffer 
size and playtiack speed. BigAnlm can dis' 
play IFF AMIM animations of types 5 and ?, 
am] mak^s use of the rtew ^raphicsJibrajy 
double-buffering^ roulines when r^jn on an 
Amiga with KS a.ODr later. Va.Si, requires KS 
S.Wor highar. Binary only. By Christer Sund' 



PcRestoTv 

A utillw for those people who want to tranater 
fles bet^vean MSDOS^machines and Ihe 
Amiga. Hartdles disks BACKUP'ed under 
DOS 3.30, 4.x. 5.x. (Parties lower version's 
but uniaatedj Requires OS2.0, Req- 
Tools.libFary, and a melhed to read MS-DOS 
disks (drossdos hlssystem or similar). V2.40, 
binary only. By Mikael l^ordlund 

Reporl 

The Amiga °Reporf program is to be used for 
ueiteraiing ail Amiga bug reports and en- 
Fiancement requests. V40.1 adds subsystem 
changes (to matcih our current database) and 
atso soffls aulomatic deteclion of debugging 
tools njiining on your system for inseflion jnto 
buQ reports (you may change this list to 
matcti ine too^s you ware running ait JJw (ima 
the bug happonad). 8y Cammodora Business 
f^aohines 

TypaSn^thDemo 

A sneak peek at Soft-Looik's new font ec&tor. 
Ail features are erabled''^eKr:ept Save, Save 
As and Export. TypeSmith can ciaata and ad- 
ii PosiSciipi, Compugraphic and Soft-Logik 
Dudies fonts {the tnree primary font systems 
used on the Amiga}. Typ&Emilh has powerful 
drawing tools to allow •/o\i to create riew 
fonts_ YDu can also imporl characters and 
symbols from structured dra™ng programs 
such as Art Expression. With these powerful 
feasures. you c&n CToate custom fonts and in- 
etude your logo in vour favorite fonts. By -SoH- 
Logik Publishing Corp. 

CONTENTS OF DISK 921 

CapSliift 

Simple commodity which luins ttie shift key 
into a 'capslocktoggle' Key: If capslock is off, 
the shift key + an aTphabetlc key produces an 
uppercase character, as usud: If oapsloct; la 
on, the shift key + an atphabetic key pro- 
duces a fowercese character. Can also 
disable capslock when a function key or a 
qualifier is pressed. By Aies^andro Saia 

MlnlGmrws 

Two little WB games: HiniPac, an "Pacman" 
type game, and Minilsoia, "a hipad 'em off at 
the pass and box 'em i n' type game . VI .O, bi- 
nary only. By Philippe Banwartn. 

MlnlMorph 

A llUJa mottling package written in assem- 
bler, based on VMorph v2 bela by Lee Wlikie 
(but neariy 50 times faster (^jncompiled amos 
vs compiled (71) assembler)}. Cun'Bnfly limit- 
ed to IB-color, greyscale imagas. VI. u, bina- 
ry only. Includes a sample moiph anim and Iff 
files. By Philippe sanwarth, Lee Wilkie, 
Michael W. Kartrrian 

CONTENTS OF DISK 9i!£ 

Designer 

A program to create Intuition interfaces for 
prograrrs, at present producing oode in Pas^ 
oal and C is possible. This vi a damg version 
with epartlaify disabled save option. The pro- 
gram has on-line holp and can croale win- 
dows and menus, supponing ail qadtools 
gadgeis In V^7. li can also import IFF ILSM 
pictures for Inclusion in your programs. Jt re- 
quires Release V37+.. vl.O, binary only. By 
Ian OGonnor 

WB Search 

A muhilasking WB AppMenultem file search 
utility. Tha search pattern does not support 
pattern matching symbols, only matches let- 
ters in the filename in continuous order, VI ,□, 
binary only. By fslike Austff) 

COHTENTS OF DISK 923 

bBaaelfl 

An easy to use, versatile, yet full featured 

database program thai will run on any Amiga. 

Search or son on any lieW, pnnt majEing la- 
tely, (tinjdelete records, maif merge ^et re- 
ports In many formats, scramble files, flag 
records, antt more. Fields are qsar- config- 
urabfa, so bBase can bs used to keep track 
of addresses, tape or video coflections, 
redpe files, or anything else you can think of 
one pro^aJn does it alll bBassLII Is a greatly 



enhanced successor to bBasell. V1.4, an up- 
date to V1.3 on disk §78. Sharcwara. Binary 
only. By Robert Bromley 

CryptoKing 

A game for those who like to SOlue Cryp- 
tograms; those coded sentences that have to 
ijB decoded to be read- Operate with key- 
board or mouse- This is Vl.3, an update to 
VL1 on disk 710. Shareware, binary oilv_ By 
Robert Brorrtley 

WagicCIlp 

A shell utility for accessing clipboard lext. 
Text can be written to or read from any clip- 
board unit. Supports mulfihunk text and can 
be conngureo with two environment 
variables. virS, Ir^cludes source in Oberon-2. 
By Frartz Schwarz 

MaglcPubName 

A powerful 'getpubname' ulHtty, that prirtts Ifie 
name of the OBfault, fronlmoat, or sftanghai 
publ ic screen to the r:on5Dle, or checks 
whether a public screen is. frontmost. er at 
least partially visjble. or whettier it exists at 
all. Any publFC screen may also be popped to 
the front. Can also Irnd the public screen of 
an arbitrary console. Needs Amiga-03 £.04 
or betler. vl .Sa, includes source in Oberon-2. 
By Franz Schwarz 

ObBrtrnPrefB 

A preferences editor for manipulating the 
compifer and linker options of A+L Amiga- 
Ql^eron, Manipulates tjoth ifie oPobal options 
as well as project spaqlfic options and In- 
cJudes a comfg.tatjl-a rnteractive GUI, a pow- 
erfsj! commarKlline and Tool-Types interface, 
Locatizatlon and more. Requires AmIgta-OS 
£.04 or battar, takes acTvanlage of Amiga-OS 
2,1 and 3.0 if present. Vl,ila giftware, bina- 
ry only. By Franz Sctiwiari 

Rawlnsen 

A LrtlUly to insert tesrt or any other inpul ovonis 
into ifw It^Jlji tfeam. Data can be either raw 
ascil text or cotnmoditfes Inpul descriptiori se- 
quences. Requires Amiga- OS 2,{>4 or later. 
Vl.O, includes source In Oteron-E. By Frani 
Schwarz 

SetErvv$9 

A compatible sut^slitule for Commodore's 
SetEnv shell command that takes advantage 
of the new OS3.0 GVF-GLOBAL-ONLY flag 
wlJh a new SAVE/S swftch which maizes 
SetEnv39 affect global vars In ihe ENVi^^RC; 

directory if voj run OS3.0 or later. Req-jires 
OS £.04, new SAVeS lealuie reqiilres OS 
3.0 to work. V^-O, ifwludes 60U*oe in 
Obertjn-a, By Frani ScKwarz 

CONTENTS OF DISK te4 

EdWordPro 

A fully featured and fully uperational text edi- 
tor which otters all the Standard features o( 
any dec^tt sdilor as wefl as the abili^ to hoM 
up to 15 documenls in memory, a Macro fa- 
cility. Keyword Text Casing (i.e. editor wll au- 
lomaticaffy force keywords into upper^Jower 
casa eicj; The ability to send AmigaDOS 
commands^ 12 possible screen resoluftons; A 
ful[ ASCII table: Powerful search routines^ 
Vertical Blocks; A built in rjalculator; A Word 
Count; The ability to sort a piece of ta>:t al- 
pbabeticxally .. and much more. Ed Word can 
he used to edit binary files as well as plain 
vanilla texts and as such becomes a oompe- 
lent fllebased editor (like New^ap). V4.0 is a 
demortStrallon release arvd is placed in the 
Public Domain (binary only). By Martin Reddy 

tlt]-Frequer4Cry 

A 'professionsj' hard disk recording system 
with many features. Sampfing rafes as 60 khz 
on AT20O or 35 khz on standard A500 are no 
problsm any longer. The program includes a 
4 [rack hd-sequencer Ihat marvages replayir>q 
4 Iracks at ffre same time Irpm rIO- UnntOt^ 
demo version oily. V37:t43, Bharewaire^ bi- 
nary only. By Michael Bock 

P-Header 

An all-purpose read^ that displays tetc- 
ts,pictuief, animations and sounds; which 
may be uncompressed or compressed by P- 
Compress or PCompfess2. Texts can contain 
embedded static or anirrrated illusfmtions and 
sounds. V7,1, an update to V6.2 on disk 744. 
Freeware, binary only. By Chas A.Wyndham 

S-AnlqiS 

Turns AnrmS ar^lmatlons ^DPaint, 
VideMcape , P- Animate elo. ) inio self- 
contained, self^ispjlayincL compressed nies 
callable from the WB or CLI- Vl.3, an update 
to VI. T on disk number 865. Freeware, tJina- 
ry only. By Ctias A.Wyndham 

S-Exee 

A simpfe program to turn executable com- 
mand filas i nto setfeKBCufi ng compressed 
[imploded] commands, functioning exactly as 
the uncorfwressed orioinal. Freeware, binary 
only. By Cf>as AWyndfiam 

S-Omnl 

Will turn inmost anythirtg mio a selt-contalrted 
sell- eKaouling corfEoressed flEs, including vir- 
tually any combination of a data (tie and an 
appropflate tool. Scripts (wiih all the files 
called in the script), installation files, demon- 
SEialions, tutorials, can all be made com- 

Eletaly self-contained, needing no spescal li- 
ranes or external support. Freeware, binary 
only_ By Chas A.Wyndham 

WB-Vefsion 

A 'Version" command for tfie WB. Meant tor 
use with ToolManager, allows you to s»e ttie 
version of & library, executablen etc, withuut 
ttflvina to resort lo (he CLI. Vl.a, now recog- 
nizBS libraries, devices and is generally a kA 
more robust man Ihe previous releases. In- 
cludes source in Amiga E, By Hkan Heliberg 

CONTENTS QF DISK 925 

Don«GenleB 

A coltaction of neai^y SBvanty "ganiBS^ 
{ARaa scripts) for use with Professional 
Page, plus some supporting material. AEso in- 
cludes a French lanpuagB version wflh some 
additional materia). Vz.u, update of Vl.O on 
Disk 7£4, Shareware, IrKludes source. By 
Don Cox. frer>ch transtaltcns by Fabien Larlni 

SoundMachlne 

Allows you to load, save, and plsiy varpous 
sound fife formate Incfuding RAW, IFF. VOC, 
and WAV. Two versions are included: one 



with an Intuition interfade and a smafie' 
version. Very useful fof those wtKJ 

BBS's and riave access to these -. - 

sound files. Vl.O, bin^ only. By S^ ^ 
Bolton, Legendary Design lechnoio^es. 

CONTENTS OF DISK 926 

JcGrEiph 

Business grapher with Intuition Intartade. Jc- 

Graph can show your deoa. as barJfrv^ 

planes, stack, blockSj 2D and 3D, eEc. Fbb- 
tuies: Real-time rotatii^n arrjund X. Y. Z sis. 
on^llrre t>elpi profes^lonnal tooking 20 ar*i 3C 
graphs output. ARax*: Fnrtarface with 4)0- 
commands. User manual on disk in Frars?^ 
and Ennllsh versions. Can outpul: EPS. S3 
GEO. !l=F ILBM. and AegJsDraw2aO0. V^'S. 
an upgrade to Vl.100 on disk 7S0. tiam 
Freely rediatributabie (Save enabEed are; 
'3X3 cTiarts). Binary Only, By Jearv 
Christophe CIment 

TrneTool 

A pubiic-damain link library toolkit far working; 
wim nonbalanced, acyclic, n-ary trees. Pre- 
vfdes many useful functions and an easy Ic 
use, yet powerful API. Vt.O. includes fut 
sources in 'C\ By Jean-Ghristophe ClemenL 

CO^iTEf/TB OF DISK B27 

EqulLog 

A Master-Mind type game. V1.5, an update id 
V1.36 on disk number 590. Binary only. By 
Pien^- Louis l<^angeard 

Finger 

A quick and dirty port the unl» finger utility tor 
Amu CP. Includes binary and source. % Re- 
gents of Ihe University of CaHtomia^ Amiga 
port by William Wandere 

FTP 

A pert of BSD FTP ^ode whiich runs under 
AmiTCP and AS355 relaa&e 2. Incfudes 
source for SAS-C (Ve^ or Aztec C (V5.2J_ Bi- 
nary irtduded for AhiTTCP. By Pegents of the 
Unlversrty of Callfornila^ Amiga port by Mark 
Tomlirtson 4 Geott rJcOaughan 

Telnet 

A port of BSD TELWET code, which rijnB un- 
der AmiTCP and AS225 release 2. Includes 
source for SAS-C (Ve} or Aztec G (VS.2). Bt- 
nary included for AmitCF. By Peganta of tha 
Uriverslty of California, Amiga port by Mark 
TomiFneon * Geoff Mocaughan 

CONTENTS OF DISK 926 

AddTools 

Allows you 10 add your own Items lo the 
Tools" mianu of ^iga OS 2.04's WB 
Screen. Unlike other menu utililies, which on- 
ly add Ihe ability to njn programs by menu, 
AddTools can afso pass them some parame- 
ters an "fhe fly* in the form of icons, selecled 
before choosing the desired menu kern. Veu 
can also provide default valtfes if no frwns are 
selected, and you can decide if the the pro- 
gram must be run in either synchron&us Of 
asynchronous niode when muliple icon pa- 
rameters are seteded. Requires 0S2.04+ , 
VI. 11. blr>ary only, freeware. By Alessandro 



Arinotate 

A tent editor written for ADos 2.0 and up. 
Takes advantage of Public soresT>s and the 
system default toni- Features include folding, 
shii^ng, full clipboard support, macros, scroll 
bar, oditor buffaring, prfnii ng, text locking , 
tools menu, and a full Arexx Fpi^. Fibres a bug 
with AmigaDos 3.0 aid the tile requester, 
V2.0, an update lo Vl.S on disk number 751. 
Binary only. By Doug Bakawell 

DflfPubScraei 

A little wedge that makes the front-most 
screen the defaull public screen. If ths fiontt- 
most seraan isn't b puhEic screen, nothing 
changes. Ii wedges into the vertical blanking 
iniemjpt server cliairt and watches Intuition's 
record of the from most screen. When itie 
front-most screen changes, ihe main task is 
signaled and responds oy maldng the front- 
most screen the default public screen if pos- 
sible. This is all toially transparent and hap- 
pens very quickly, and is vary handv for peo- 
ple who riave separate screens for Stiell win- 
dows etc. V3.00, an update to V3.0Q on disk 
numb» 399. Binary C4iiy. By hiett Francis 

MIserPrint 

A print utility that puts up to >B ncmial pages 
of text on one sheet of paper. You are able lo 
save pacer and lime. fwiserPrlnl uses the 
small bifflt-in fortts {Courier and Latter Gothic^ 

of the HP-Deskiei prirtters. Vi.o. requires KS 
2.04 or higherp binary only. By Hei^iZ'Quanter 
Boatiger 

MRChoirw 

MulliHeqijeStChoicB is a requester utility dO' 
signed as a powerful arxJ comfortable re- 
pfacement for ASK and other present re- 
quester utilities, it is very jsefui for both 
batch tiles and AReKK scripts, fi^u IliRs- 
questC boice supports muH^-Qadget re- 
questers, mutti-tlne bodyiexl in trie requester 
with a center option and opening reauestars 
on public screens with a position control op- 
tion. Vl.O, requires 032.x or higher and the 
reqlQois.libtarV VaS-i-. FreeWare version, bi- 
nary only. By Rainer Scharnow 

PrilMan 

A Task Priority Manager afortg the same Nnes 
as TaskX, but fully Style Guide compliant 
lont-sansrtive. and contvgurabls. Requires 
OS2.0 or Qraatarv Includes C source, free- 
ware. By Barry McConnell 

TeXFormat 

Enables you lo select TeX lormat files Msily. 
Scans Ihe direclory where your TeX format 
tiles Inside and creates an array of radiobut- 
lors of the appropnate size. Moreover, show^ 
the fjienotes of the format files making ii easi- 
er to remember the purposes of the fomTSt 
liies. Two veisiona of tHe prMram, A very 
llexfble one based an Stefan Stunts's fJa^- 
calUserfnterfate (MUl) and a less nice non- 
MUl version (Of the same lunctlonaliiy. how- 
ever). V2,00, includes source. Also inducted 
Is a 5S0O0 version executable of TeXPrt that 
was left off of ^sk number 69^ by mistake. 
By Richard A. Bdl 

COMFENTS OF DISK MS 

MegaQ 



74 



I 



A full-featured direciory utittiy. Supports multi- 
p(B dlr»lories, mullipfa (&xt/HEX reader, mul 
bole aaurt^e (flrecTcries, mulllpl& da&tlrifitlDn 
drmctoiies and dtelt copy. User deHned gad- 
□bB wUI Faunch int«mal, exiernal and ARaK> 
commands. FijH ARexx suppon wth 123 
wmmarKls pJus ossr added ARaxx corn- 
mands. User defined Menus. User doflrwd 
Kreen tawui of all objects euch as Gad^ 

SiJtS and uirectpry Wridows, V3.0, Jjinary on- 
ly. Par! 1 o! a 2 pan distribution, AmigaGuida 
documentaiiori can t?e found in Iha'rced form 
In the MegaD-Docs directory on disk numtjei 
$30. By John L Jonas. 

WBvwm 

With WB 2.04 we got the ability to usa a big- 
ger WB screan l]ian fits on the display (virtual 
vi/B screen). Biggest pfc^lem is thai scrolling 
around whh the mouse is too slow, ao the au- 
thor decided to make a program like X- 
vvindov^'s olvwm, which aJso has virtual 
scr-oens aiKJ ■wlndow/s. WBvwm ofwnt up i 
small Window retresentltij the entire WB 
area. Wllftin the wJntfow. "objects" represenl 
all open wjntjows- Sy nrnyuing an object, Ihe 
oacrgisponding -win^fow can be placed any- 
where within the WB area. Yqu rrav aFso Jn- 
sitantly move To anv paji of !he Wa atea by 
daLJblaH:licking in tfia i:QrraspQndln9 S.rQ9 ol 
the WHvwm window. V2.0 fsquifOS OS 2-OA 
or higher. Binary aniy. By Juhani Rautialnen 

COMTEMTS OF DiSK 930 

Fonts 

Two tixBtf-pitch fonts dBsigned for high reso- 
lution screens, t^ore readable than [ne stan- 
dard iTOHZ-fontS- Public domain. By Gerhard 
Radalr 

MegaD-Ooce 

AmjggGuide docu mentalion \n iha'rced form 
for MegaD. a fuJIfeatured dlrecio/y utJHiy. In- 
cEudes script T^es to unpack to KD or Hoppy, 
Part 2 or a 2 part distributjon. Part 1 incliKies 
tha MegaD binary and support files arid can 
ba found on disk number &25. By uiohn L. 
Jnnes. 

QufldraComp 

An Intuition &a£$d music (rack^r thai uses the 
rnternal sourKl oapabitities of Uie Amtga. Han- 
dles boih Noisetiacker modules afid Extend- 
ed modules. Fsalu res ; 1 ES kb k 256 sam pies ; 
J56 rows K 3S6 patterns; Uses any screon- 
modfl' Realiima spectrum analyser, Reouires 
OS 2.Q+. V2.0, binary only, sharawarer ay Bo 
Lincoln & Calle En^lujid 

RCON 

A replacemant for the CONsKandle/ cf 

Amiga-OS E.k 3.k. Has many naw f^alures 
inckjding Scrolling bacic tsxt wniqh has disap^ 
peared. inharced capy fi paste sujpiwrt and 
much mora... This is Che demonstration di<Slri- 
buticn of a shareware product. V1.0, binary 
only. By Gerhard Radati 

CONTENTS OF DISK 931 

ComgrHDh 

A powarfuC function plotter. You can admFnfs- 
ter up to ten Functions al the ^me time plot 
functions and their derivatives, zccm inese 
and calcu late symbolic darivatives . zero 
poimta. eKtreme pojnls, turning poinls and 
saddle points, poles and gaps. Furtherrrtcre, 
you can calculate tntegraJs (intecrai. area. 
Curve length, rotation volume, rotatfon sur- 
face). Contains a simple scientific calculator, 
linear equation saWar prime factor reducHon, 
and prime number calculator. High print quaJ- 
ity. English and Gennan version ooaxlst^nt in 
one proofam. Bir>ary only, Bhar^wafS, By An- 
dre Wieftioff 

DynamlteWar 

A liny game for 2-5 players who fight agalrsl 
aach other. H is similar to the commerda! 
Dyrtayasler or Bomfeemian, eitcept a t- 
player mode Is not avatJable, On the other 
nanb, there ar-e a great riumbsr of estrss. To 
win the game, one player has to disintBgrate 
all othe^ players tyy eKplodlmg bombs. Binary 
only, shareware. By And^e Wiethoff 

Modules 

Command extensions for the tilSAmiga V4.xs 
Moduia-ll Compiler ol A+L Ata. In about 13 
ModuJes are over 410 importaUs objects with 
31 f commands and functiorvs. for program- 
ming devices, ^aphics and intuition. The are 
fqjr Modules alone covenng graphics 
, , erf FoniB, SimpleSD). 

_. . .J commands. Most moduEas 

contain ana or Iwo demo programs showing 
sample usage. By Andre wisthoff 

CONT^I^S Qfl>\5K952 

DynamlcShies 

A tjig toolbox for aatronomy Ihat has. for an 
ultimate goal, to answer wilh speed any 
guesljon fnat may arise on celesti^ objects. 
For example, suppose you havs an urga to 
observe Juptter tonight from your wirxjow; 
Vou may consutt riSa^et times of Jupiter, ask 
when it crosses south-wesi (supposing your 
window faces S0LJl'^- west}, and with just a 
mouse click have a glance at the simulated 
shy at this lime. You may aven animate 
Jupiter's path across the sky with a tirna-5tep 
animation. Of couraSn It you re a rear stargaz. 
er, don't forgBt your binoculars or tetescope 
for the real IhrngJ Vl.O, binary only. By 
Patrick DeBaumarwie 

Ftauch 

A litlfe game with more than fivs ejrtra targe 
stages. The object is \o pickup l^ your cargo 
and crimb sal^ely to the neyd stage, withoirt 
being shot or njnning Into anything, (ir^luding 
your caraol). Scrolllngj shooting, soma gravi- 
tation, sftilfar to Thrust (064^. V'2.0, anS up- 
date 10 V 1.0 on disk number 760. Bhary on'y. 
By Karslen Gtze, title music b^ Andreas 
Spree n 

StackUon 

A program to morsitor the stack use of other 
programs or leskSr Has a corrverrient C^ad- 
Tools front end. Recfuires AmigaDOS 2.04 or 
hioher. Vl.O. Irvsfudea source in E_ Sv David 
K^tfer 

COITTENTS OF OISK 933 

Cor>vertHAM 

A utifilv 10 conyert HAM picture files to ordi^ 
nary ILBM NIes, with 2 to 256 colours [2 lo 32 
on non-AGA machines]. ^/1.2. binary only. By 
David Kinder 



EdttKeys 

A keymap editor. Supports ediling of string 
dead and modifiable keyi, as weir as controJ 
of repeaiat?ie and capeable status of each 
key. New test mode, plus LoadKe^ap sup- 
port irtlllly- VI. 4. an update lo VI ,3 on di^ 
&1 7. Binary only. By Da^d Kindsf 

GuiArc 

A graphtoal u$er internee for cli-based 
an;hi>;ers like Iha, arc, ape, ;po, etc. It has 
ihe 'look i feel' of a directory loci and can 
perform all basic acticms on archives., such as 
Add, Ejrtract, [,isl. Test, Pelete, etc Vqu can 
enter archives as if they were dlrsctorle&. You 
don't have to l<now anythlog about an;;:hiver£. 
Fully conligurable. Archivers nol included, ra- 
quires AmigaDOS 2.0+. VI .22, an updare to 
vl.lO on d]sk nurtiber B6-3. Bitiary only, free- 
ware By Patrick van Bsem. 

PhtAss 

PhxAss is a complete rrtacro assembler, 
whic^ supports trie instruction-set and ad- 
dressing modes of ^1 important Wororc^a pro- 

se^o.eao30,68040. ^^b^ and esisii. It 

understands all common assemblei- 
directlves (Seka, Devpjac, Metacomco, etc) 
and can generate Unkabte Amiga-DOS objeol 
files or ansolule code. Irs botli cases the user 
has the opportunity to choose behveen the 
large and srnall oode/datatmodsl. PhxAas Is 
wrffien entlrefy En assembly languaas and 
works wlih KS l.a'l.a, OSS.n and OSa.x. 
Version V3.60. an update to verslcn V3.30 on 
disk number MS. Binary onlv. wtn docurnen- 
tation in Ecglisti. By Frank WJ|la 

Pb>ELrTk 

Linker for Amiga- DOS object tiles, wlilch also 
SUE3C0rtS the small-code/data model. Ver5ior> 
V2.a3, an upcate to version VI .35 on disk 
number B5Z. BEnary only, witi documBntaftion 
In English. By F^ank Wife 

$)i«IIMenus 

A progrann to help Shell users be more prolif- 
ic and save lime, St>aH f^lerus creates user 
definable tn&tws that attach to the Shell win- 
dow. Offers an Intuition Interface to edrt your 
menus instead of a teKt editor and many oth- 
er features not found in other programs that 
use menus, fleguires 032.04-^, V2.7, binary 
onfy. By Mark Hitter 

CONTENTS OF DISK 934 

ABaekup 

A vei^ powerful backup utiirty. Has a ful fnlu- 
Jllon interface, a "batch"' mode, can save/load 
fife selection, haiidle MD floppies, use any ax. 
(emaf oompresslon program, etc... This new 
version adapts itself to ifie default foni and 
screen mode, and may be up to 40% faster 
Ihan previous versions. Includes French, Qer- 
nian, and English versions. V4r03, an update 
10 v2.43 on disk 871. Shareware, binary only. 
By [>eni£ Counelie. 

A 'new generation" binary editor, able to edrt 
files, memory or devices like floppy or hard 
disks. ll can open several windows at the 
same time, is focalized, ^d hardies ai>l 
OSa^O file s-ystems. Includes both French and 
English documentaJion. VE.ilj an update to 
\2m on disk number &7S. Binary only. By 
Pani? GQunafle 

Public [Manager 

PublK screen (ool wfilch opens public 
screens that ate fresly configurable (depth, 
size, font, .r.} and have therr own menu 
[palette., qiiJt, tools,...) Requires KS t2.045 
vi,4r an update to verision 1.2 on disk 6B5. 
Binary only, By Michael Watzi 

ToolType 

A program fo make it easier to edit toQitypes 
fn toons. TooF-Type will read the toottypes 
tiOm an raOn file and let you use your favorite 
lexl editor to change or add to the tooltypes. 
Iricfudes an option to sort ihe tooltypes alpha' 
betically. Va7.206| requires OS2.0+, binary 
only. By ^^ichael J Bafsoom. 

COMTEHTS OF DISK 935 

AmiCDROniT 

A CDROM disk filing system for tha Anniga. It 
suppcjrts the 9SO-96S0 standard and^ the 

Rack Ridge intercfiange Protocol. The 
CDHOM drive is moun1«a as a DOS devFce 
(e.g. CDO:V You can access fitas end direclo- 
ries on a COHOM disk by the usual synta;(, 
e.g, "type cdi^rfoo/raadme.txl", V1.7, includea 
.MiurcG. By Frank Munkarl 

Badger 

An icon management uEility. When you throw 
files on Badger s appfcon iney get a new Igor 
dspending on which oattern In Badger's li&l 
they maicn. Vi.t. By Eri^ Sagalara. 

ClipWrr^dDW 

A program that makes H easy to put fre- 
quently used text on Ihe clipboard, ft opens 
an AppWindow on Ihe WB which accapis 
Project icons and associaied lejW tiles, the 
lexf is copied to ihe clipboard ready for past- 
ing, TeKt may be En a separate disk (lie or dt- 
rectty entered as TooE Ty&as in tbe Protect 
wx>n. Alec Included Is ConPaate, a Comtmod- 
Fty by Carolyn Scheppner which allows pasl- 
ing flipboarded lexl alnnost anywhere. Amiga- 
DOS 2.0 or higher requfted. V1.0. includes 
source By Jim ffafvey 

Lazy Bench 

A litHe utility for lazy people witfi a f>ard disk 
crammed full of goodies which are too difficult 
to reach because they are burled away in 
drawers irrstde drawers inside dowers Indde 
draweis... LazyBench Inslells itself as a oom- 
modiiy, adds an Herri under Ihe WB Tools' 
mertu and waits in the backgroimd. EJse lis 
hot key combination to pep up its window and 
then select an hem. Mow OB 2.xx only and 
fuFJy ^Usef Interface Style Guide" compliant. 
Font sensitive (uses the Oele\/it Screen Font] 
and each gad*e! has a singfe key e<iufva1ent. 
vt.l2. an update to V1.tO on disk number 
894. Binary only. By Werther 'Mircko' Pirani 

JUuchMore 

Another program Hka "moffe", "less", *'pQ", etc, 
This one uses its owr> screen (o show the text 
using a slow scroll. Includes buiIMn hefp. 
commands lo search for teAt^ and commanda 
to Oflnt the lOid. Supports 4 color test in boW. 
italic, underlined, or inverse fonts. Can load 



.KpK-crunched files, has a display mode re- 
filtjester and fs Realized (german' calaloct in- 
cluded). V3.6, an update (o V3.3 on disk 
number 895. Includes source in Oberon-2. By 
Frid^Qf Siebert, Christian Stiens 

VlFusCheckvr 

A virus ched^er tiiai can check mefncry, (fi&k 
bootblocks, and ail disEc fHes for signs oF most 
ioiown viruses. Can remember noistandard 
bootblocks (hat you indicate are OK and not 
boliher you about them again. Indudes an 
AHexM port, Supports SHI's Bootbhxili.librajy. 
By using thi^ IR^rary and its brainlile you iava 
the abi^iy to add rvaw B>ODtblDcl< vrruses as 
SHI release new brainfiles. V6.33. an update 
to V6.30 on disk 913. Binary only. By Jotin 
Veldthuis 

CONTENTS 0F= DISK 93G 

BaeeCQUv^rt 

GUI program lo convert a number from one 
base to another. Shows cony«slons between 
DecimaVHex/Octal/Binary all simultaneously. 
Requires KS 2.0 or higher. VI. tn binary onfy. 
By Johan Vande Ginste. 

Spooler 

Prints textfiles in the background. Copying a 
IfI& to Ihe SPOOL: directory '9 all that Is re- 
quired. The program sftows you a list of files 
to be plumed and gives you a rejport on tJie 
file cunently being printed. Requires KS 2.0 
or hi^gher. v£..3. binary onty. By Johan Vande 
Ginsre. 

TKEd 

TKEd Is a very comfortable Intuition-based 
ASCI] adrtor with an en>gtish and ^erman 
user.inlBrtace. it can read texts packed with 
PowerPacker has user-definable menus, a 
comfartable AREXX interface with 115 com- 
mands, an intarfacs to soma errortools for 
programmers, macros, undo, wordwrap, sup^ 
ports folding^H has an oniino help nvode, and 
many olher features. TKEd is raentrant and 
can be madB rssident. It's KS 1.34^2.04 com- 
fjatibie, supports the new ECS-screenmodes, 
an application window and checks itself for 
linKviruses. 'VI. 17a. an update to VI. 11 on 
disk 751. Evaluation version, with editing lim- 
ited lo liles 9S99 Itnes and less. Binary only, 
shareware. By Tom Kroener 

CONTEWTS OF DISK S^T 

e4Door 

A Commqdoea 64 Terminal emulator prooram 
which allows you lo call Commodore 64 BBS 
systems m the C64. specific color terminal 
mode commonly referred to as Cyi3 mods. 
Written in 1001^ 6800Q Assembly language, 
Vi.O, binary only, public domgjn. By CTay 
Hellman 

Oalactold 

A one Of two player shoot-em-up game that 
resembles the old afcade classics Galaga 
and Qalaxran. You mifst avoid and destroy 
waves of dive-bombing enemies. Wrinan in 
100% SaOOQ assembly language using direst 
hardwafe access for manmum smoothness 
and playabiiity. Binary only, stiaraware. By 
Clay hellman 

King CON 

A console-handler that optionally replaces the 
Standard COM:' and 'RAW:' devrces. It is 
^W^ compatible, but adds some VERY use- 
tul features, such ai: Flenome' complelicn 
(TAB-expansion); A review-buffer; Intuition 
menus; Jump-Scroll. (FAAST outputl) Cursor- 
positioning using the mousa, MG6S020- 
gptlmized versfoni And more... vi.O, requires 
□SSj:, binary onty. By David Larsson 

Knit 

Converts an IFF picture (B-colora or lessj into 
a knitting pactem. For a specified stitch size, 
Knit will teH you haw many ^che$ per row 
are needed and how many rows are used. 
Knit bases all ol' its calculatiorrs on the si?e of 
a standard monitor screan which means that 
your finished knitting should be about the size 
of your screen. (Thus, if you have a extra 
lai^e or email monitor, ybu may need lo 
maKs fldjiialrT>enls.) Vt.OI, bdnary only. By 
Den Rnlay 

Megaecuad 

A two jHayer game with two modes of game- 

^sy: Tag ana Duel. Features many difrerent 
play doards has music sound, and is very 
smooth. Wnnen in lOO'^ii SeOM assemWy 
language using direct hardware accass. Bina- 
ry only, pubiic domain. By Clay Hellman 

WtieraK 

A higtrly con^girrable hard drive utility. Fea- 
tures an automatic disk cataloger with 3 
modes, turns directories into ascii files Ihat 
can be sav^d and searchBd, allows other pro- 
gfams to run while cont(nu[ng in the back- 
ground., creaies lisle with versions of the li- 
□raries on your hard dnve and disks. Ail flies 
created can be saved. Features 2 lietp 
modes, individual help For keys and a com- 
prehensive help mode, both accessible from 
Ihe program. Htins on WB2.CI■^ encepl for ihe 
Library 'Versions Bulk Llsier which requires 
WB3.0 and alMve. V3r0, Wnaty only, free- 
ware. By Kennelh J- \^cCormick. 

CONTENTS OF DISK 938 

Angie 

ANothef Great Intuition Enhancer convnodlty 
that o^rs about too intuilion related actions 
you may as^Dn to mullipte «rbitr&y hotkeys. 
Arbftrary DOS commands and input event 
dala may be assigned to )he hotkeys too. 
Furthermore, Angle includea automatic win- 
dow huntina, auto ActiveWlnlask priority in- 
eremeni, 'TWA' ty^se window remembering, 
auto DefPi^Screen definition, etc. Angie 
comes with a comfortable Intuiton user infer- 
lace. V1.S. giftware, includes source In 
Oberon-2, By Franz Scliwan 

ApplSizer 

t^lew, localized version of She Applcon utility 
Ihat gets tha size of disks, directories gr filas. 
(^ives Ihe size in bytes, blacks and the actual 
size occupied. Supplied with a French cata- 
log, [ncludes English documentation in Ami- 
gatauide format and French documentation. 
Also offers several new enh3ncam«n;$. Rs- 
quires KS 37.175 or higher. Version O.Sift, an 
update to version 0.6f pn disk :S53. Binary 
only. By Grard Cornu. 



Disk Peek anc Uoi^tt, a n^ Aft ^ ^ 
■tor. Functions ttduob atiem dariH i 
show bi^m^, check dfasl^ tao^^ ^XB^ 
zap telesystem antl zap ioA ok ■■ 
VlT&, an update to VTThtiSStmmmmJ 
Binary only, freeware. Raoirea EteftHr £ 
or higher. By Frane Zuydwft 

Flllu-s 

A GUI-based RC FittBf (. _ 
lows you to 9st the deE^rod C . _ . 

either a tiigh or low pass fiftar, ■, 

required values, and display^snr^ tis i 

(ant phas*ffrequency ^rapns- Vlr£. b^Bf 
only, shareware. Hequaras OS2.[>^. By Vtm 
Van den Broeek 

MN3A 

An antenna design program used to calci^^a 
cunents, impedance, axtti fiekjs of wire antsn^ 
Elas. The w^res may contair} lumped-constant 
loads. Environment may be free space or vaf- 
lou9 gr0ijndtyp63. Vl.O. binary only, free^ 
ware. By Jim Martin, 

PicCon 

An aid for graphics programmers. PicCcn wl 
use the datatypes Irbrary to load any picture 
format you've got support for. and you wi 
then be able to extract any pan of the picture 
and save il in your desired formal. Ordinary 
bitplanes, "blitierlines" . chunky pjxals ant) 
various sprite formats are supported. Tha raw 
data can be saved as t^nary, assembly or C 
source. Saving of the palette entries in a vari- 
ety of formats is also supported. Raquires 
OS3.0, VI. 06. binary only, shareware, By 
Morten Eriksen. 

TurtioLeusch 

Wlih lite help of "Turbo- Leuschner" you are 
able 10 create your own menus for WB-based 
windows or ejipand akeady existing menjs. 
Turbo-Leuschner supftlies ALL funclions of 
the WB-f^flenu-System, Wllii Turbo- Leuschn- 
er, you supply the name of the window and 
the menu He lo attach to II, ttius you can at- 
tach menus to the "AmigaSlieH" wlndoWn your 
favorite GUI-based ulFliTy, or simply the WB 
Window itself. Binary only, shareware. By 
TtiomaE Hlle 

COtfTENTS OF DISK 939 

AddPow^r 

A utility that adds soma miscellaneous useful 
fealures to Ihe 2.D+ OS. Includes: file re^ 
quesler? in any program, stop drive clicking, 
hK menus and pan colors of pre'2.0 pro- 
grams, wildcard = ^1", make screen borders 
black, Open any window on front screen. All 
features are independantly configurabie. WB 
and AmIgaOOS interlaces with online Ami- 
oaOulde dooumientatlon. V37,6, binary cmly. 
By Ian J, Einman 

AlenHelp 

A little fool that helps you to interpret the 
alertmessages. When an alert occurs. Ihe 
program displays a window with a little de- 
scription of tne ^ert. Version 0,S5. Freeware, 
Includes source. By Jan Ha^qvist 

ARexxSuper 

An all-purpose mouse-controlled ARexx com- 
munication program. All done via a nice Gad' 
Tools interface, documeriitalion in Ami' 
gaGuide format, usefuE for tesling and debug- 
gir>g ARexx interfaces. Requires rec^tools i- 
Brary V33+ and KS 2.0+ . 'VI.Oh binary only, 
shareware. By Frdric Oelacrolx 

CiDseWB 

TTiis program attempts to close U»e WB 
screen afffir "n" seconds. It Is useful to pul in- 
to startup- sequences that start an apptication 
and no lorKier need the WB screen (Such as 
Imagine). Tne dosing of Che WB screen will 
save some chip HAM, Will work with any 
Amiga ninning l<S 2.0 or higher. V1.0. binary 
and source included. By Daniel Bachmann 

ExtraCmds 

A set of ie AmioaDOS commands, chrelfy in- 
spired by UNIX7 wrttten to augment the col^ 
lection distribuled as part ol the System Soft' 
ware Reteaso 2,04 [va?) and will not run un- 
der oEdei releases. This is the second public 
release consisting^ Of the commands Com- 
mon, Compare, Goncat. Copyttgnt, Couffl. 
DirTree, Find, Head, Lower, F'repare, ^CD. 
Split, Spictname. Tee, Testbits. Timet^om, 
Unique ^id Usage. Inbiudes an En^isti Us- 
er's Reference Manual in LaleX format ^d 
source code. By Toratsn PouFin 



biy language tools, Induded are: Colors, ft 
KS S.O palette editor. Edit any screen's p okt - 
te by percents, rather Itian fixed irdegers:: 
Output, an Applcon that nlli ca9 yor 
teKtrpFctura/sound/etc;, viewer. Custofrs^iUe 
for any IFF typa: SetColcr, Allows 1 
screen cotors from ihe sheEl, useful far s 
ts; SetOeplh, a command to ctiange aaaan 
dep^. Qive your WB1 .3 fl colors; ^mbtvl xt- 
ds key equivalents to wet.E/l .3 nwrius, Lwa 
out the menus "prettier." Source inclucled iw 
SelColor, SetDepih and EMenu. ^ Ian J. 
EInmatt 

Upoat 

Disk catalog program, Pead Hie infomiatnn 
from disks, store it In a catalog in monoiy, 

Save^oad catalogs tOi^m dislt,, display cala- 
iog in several ways, select fvlos to be {£s- 
pJayed, print (selection of) catalog, 32 user 
definable categories, add commem to 
records in catalog, ARexx interface, user de- 
finahle macro menu. Vl,2, an update So V"^,© 
on disk number S54. Binary only, freeware. 
Requires Release Z(J4 or higher. By Frans 
^uyDwijK 

CONTENTS OF DISK 940 

AltTab 

A small Commodity that successEveJy ife- 
ptays the screens titles at the press of ■Aft- 
Tan' and allows you to choose which screen- 
to bong to the froni. Requires KS 37,175 or 

higher. Version 0,2. binary c^ly. £^ Grati 
Cornu . 

BoolMan 

A twos manager program tfrat aiftows you 1 
select a startupsequenoe at boot time usii^ 
tha mouse or keyboard. Also dEcnrs pass 
word protection and a timer to load a oetete 
startup If none is selected. Indudes a a^lm- 
ence editor br easy mcidfiatikin am sncL 
WrJI work with any Arnga, nnvig tS 7Ji tr 



75 



higher. VI. 1. binary anly. By Dianier 3ac\]' 
mann 

A vkleo database lh4i[ sali&fles all nae<J? oi a 
private video user With lull OS 2.1+ and en- 
vironmental eupport (locaElzstlon, application 
icon, insl^lef, bnt- senslllve runtime gadget 
layout, tayout saving, guide docufnenlattonn 
...) t^e proafem hanciies Keoort suggestions, 
spool pnfomiatlona, free amounl o^ additional 
data per tape or title, comfffrtaWe searcih (OkJ- 
tjnes, printing, etc. Rfequires OS E.lr Vertion 
04.2a uptfafe to version 03.2^ on disk nutn^ 
bBf 637. Binary onty. Shareware, By Slephan 
Susrken 

COMTEMTS OF DISK 941 

CardZ 

Palieree card aan^e$. iTicludes ^vm version af 
Klondike, The WaU and Up/Down- VI bina- 
ry only, fteeware. Recuires Refeasa 2.04 and 

needs s ft40>[256 PAL HigTiRes screen. By 
Frans Zuydwijk 

FJipPrefa 

Witfi this prografTi, you can sreate eeveral 
preferences tries, (The 'DEVSlsyetirn- 
canflpuration* type) oF differeni names and 
swrtoFi baiween them on c&mmand. A sanipLe 
usage would be to customize the slaiup 
scnpt to set diFterent preferences d&pendlng 
on ttie opBrating sysfem booted into. Coula 
aJsD be useful in different development -envi- 
ronmants or for m^chlnea with mLiltlple US^rs, 
VI .0, binary only, freeware, By Thorsten 
Stocks nieisr 

Converts AmigaGuitfe tile to a normal docu' 
meni withciul any ''@f]uo(}"'s, but full ANSI' 
support! cli-OMlV, opttona] 

tabloot-con!ent&-g>9nefatiof> and P^QS- njm- 
bering. Oytpul fjoes to StandardOuC so ypu 
may re<jirect it, eg. "jpn:", ar read the guide 
in CL^. V1.0, freeware, includes C-source. By 
eernd (Koessi) Koasling 

Mine 

A Mcdula-S implementation of an old campiit- 
er game. Vqu have an N ' N square with 
mln«£ hidden in soma fields. Your job \5 id 
mark them with a flag as fast as possible. 
VS.O, an update \o Vi rB on disk number 835. 
Contains some bug r^ces and improvements. 
Most Importsn?; rimv aJways uses the defaylt 
public SGTsen and does net open it's own 
mut^tftfiltlng and- thipmem-goodbve-screen. 
^iequlree jSrmigalXlS &-0. Source in WSAmiga 
Moaula-2 ana (pewesi) 6S(y2Q version are 
auailabte ^om the author. By Thomas An- 
eorge 

SOUNDEflect 

Soond sample edftln^ prt^qram. Special Fea- 
tures include' temporary butters, frequem:/ 
and ampjilude moduiatLon (tromolci and v- 
brato}. ei^l>D. special reverb etfectn chorus ef- 
fect, mr;cer, free haruj edUmg, low &na high 
pass filter, Dompreaser, expander, fimiter, diS' 
tortian and all the usual functions '^P?.t 
paste, insert, cut Ir^Dpang, zOcming etc.]. All 
effects are avaFlsble in slereO. This Is no up- 
date to V1_33f. [he program has baen com- 
detalv re^writfen ar>d has a rew user inter- 
face. Huns with 0S1.3 or above. V2.10. tona- 
fy ooly. shareware. Sy S^n BhHng 

YAMFG 

Vet Anothsr Mine Pisld Game. This Is a big 
claasic. Vour tank must move through the 
variabie-width and height mine field to a tar- 
get. Mainly designed to heip beginners cope 
wlifi assembly. U^s reqioois.llbfarv NIco 
FrarKjIs, VI ,0. Includes heavily commented 
soufce- By Frdrie Delacroix 

CONTEMTS OF DISK 9« 

ACalc 

A srnaii caSculator vim floating point, ^as^- 
ad^lmal and decimal modes. Uss 10 
memories, saves the last result in the crp- 
t>3@rd, m^y be used with ifia mouse o/ key- 
board. With OS S.n and 3.0. ffiay b$ installed 
as a Commodity. Includes both Frercti and 
English versions. Binary only. By Denis 
Gcrtjnelle 

ASG5 

A ixhmfcTtable and efficient 2 pass cross as- 
sembler for the Whofe 6502 processor family. 
V2_3d. contains dOcurnantanon in both en- 

Elish and german. Binary only. By Thomas 
ehmann 

LlbraryOuidt 

An AmigaGuide fiie that lists about 1 70 differ- 
ent "libraries" often Found in the LIBS; directo- 
Sard a simple □nC' or fwO tine description of 
sir purpose alorkg with version info and 
where to get them, etc. May help you detec- 
mine whether or not you actually "neerJ" 
some of these space-consumlog thingSr VI .0. 
By Dan El^ard 

WeM&r»u 

A simple C LI -only loci thai allows you la add 
new rneriii- entries lo the Tools" meru ol the 
WBr Useful tor scripts and taatch liles, simple 
to use. Requires OS2.04+. ^3.4 IncEudes 
source in assemljler for both Ertgllsh and gar" 
man vafsions. ^harew^ire. By TtKireten 
Slocksmeler 

CONTENTS OF DISK 943 

Clock 

A simple Clock prograrn but wfth the handy 
fealure Ihat you cen "snapshof the clock to 
slay with an/ screen or it can he Free to pop 
to the fronlmost scfeen automatJeally. Up to * 
alarm limes can be set, which can simply put 
up a requester or causa some program to njn 
In backgrcund. Hourly chimes can also be 
mada to run a program (I.E. a sound sample 
plaiyer). llses locale.tibrary with OS£.' ♦. 
va.20. an update to V2.00 on disk number 
S69. Binary only. By Bernd Grunwald 

IRMaster 

A padoge for the subslrtution of renrale con- 
trols by The Amiga. Vou can learn and send 
nearly any infra red command. That means 
you can control e.g. your tv set from tha WB. 
With an editor j/ou can create remote conln^Es 
and with a runner you can lise [ham on your 
wh. V1.0. binary only. By Jrgen Frank &. 
Mir^ael Walzl 

JlStoJI 

A program to read and prinl Japanese elec- 



tnonic text. JlStoJr automatic:aily idenlifias 
electronic teEts written rn Otfl-JiS. Maw-JiS, 
ShIft-JIS, Of EUC-JIS ^a£ wetl as. of course, 
ASCII) and displays them on screen, or prints 
!hem b dot-matiK primers, V1.S, binary only. 
ByQ^raldB, Mathias 

MCMasler 

Arriollier r^^usic cassette cover printing utility 
which sfwulo worJ( lo^Eher with any printer 
that supports pica and Itne. Other features 
are a search function and a list functiO'n which 
allow yCu to put, for eKampJO. all the scng 
names in a lisl gadget to scroll arourKl. Fte- 
qdres KS ^2.041 Vl.0, ar> upniafe in Vl.1 On 
[Jisl( 6es. Binary only. By Michael Watzl 

Mkfont 

(Converts standard Amiga fonts into softfonls 
for the Hewlett PackarcT II (compatible) la&er 
printers. It is entirely written in assemtJIy and 
IS quite fast. It can doubia tha softtonts in size 
and smooth's tham automatically. ^^1. ID bina- 
ry only, freeware, Runs from CH only. By To- 
nic Voennan 

WBftash 

A £m.a1 piogram thai nic:^y flaphas lor color- 
cvcles) lri$ aclive window or WB background. 
With some simple gadget clicks you can gen- 
erate ami save your own custom flasti- 
patterns. Written in assembler, includes both 
English and Swedish versions. l=lequires 
OSZ-0+. VI. 15. binary only. By Thomas Pet- 
te^sson 

COWTENTS OF orSK 94J 

AngusTitler 

A program to create videodtles For (e.cfj wwf 
holiday flima. It Is possible to scroll 350 flnes 
up the screen. OTcoufse, ihe colors, lonts, 
footstyles, border elc can bo changed. It is 
stse possibie to load a backgroundT picture, 
Thia IS only a demo-verssDn thai ie limited lo 
10 lines, all other opiions are enabled, even 
saving and loading. The full version can be 
obtained from t}>e author for $35 US or *& 
DM. V4.0, binary onfy. By Andieas Guiter. 

ABegrtiSs 

A program for stislica] evSiuation ol measiwe- 
menis. Vou can use it to estimate dttferenl 
kinds of regression, and lo print graphs of the 
regressions. V2.0, binary only, freeware. By 
£ven Bhiing 

BlcckEd 

Disk block edrtor, simple but very easy to 
Lse. CfMipaEible with 1.3 and up. V1.4, Initial 
release. Contairts moat eource (In C) tot light 

reading. By Andrew Kemmis 

Lhl 

A dir-utility and archiver with CLI and intuition 
irrferface. Enables you lo copy, move, delete 
or rename archive files as il they were ordi- 
nary files. Estraction and compression is au^ 
tomatjcalh pwtmned as needed. With ihe 
conHgurafion prograrn 'LhlEd' you can cus- 
KJTTiize i[ to peiiorm ertemai commands. 
VI .OS, binary only, freeware. By Stefan 
Pampin 

ParcheHse 

Like the classic board game. The aim of the 
game is to get all of your maitters safety 
around the board lo your home base. Three 
fevels of play, players selectable between tiu- 
man/oomputsr. Includes documOnitaticn in 
english and Spanish. Vl.7g, binary only. By 
Xavier E^squiza 

PhoneDIr 

Personal Phonedirectory (PPD) was (Re- 
signed to remember aoFbres-ses and phone 
numbers for you. and also diaF the numbers 
autorrvalkjly. PPD was dosioned especially 
with mullrtasking m mind- When you are do- 
ing somethEna else, Its window can be mJni- 
rrtTzad, and when you need to, you can oall 
someone Just by e tlicfc on the mouse, PPD 
uses almost no system power w^en rot used. 
VI .0, tMnary only. By Halkard Kofsgaard 

CONTem-S OF DiSK S45 

EmaceSlartBf 

A good Ermacs siarter. With it you can load 
files into a running Emacs, Has an option to 
use a pjbllc screen (r^uires 'Screefi Marao- 
er^. lull WB support, doubia- cAick icons into 
a runnfng Emacs. new icon creating scheme. 
use different icons depending on wnat type oF 
file you are adjting. sticky flag, the script 
doesn't terminate uniil the requested buffers 
are terminated. Release 1. indudes ARskx 
artd C souics. By Anders tJndgren, Bo L3je- 
gren 

iPfCanvart 

A program lo convert the different compres- 
sion methods of IFF ILBM Files. It supports 
the normal compression, a new compression 
method that compresses column by colamn 
instead of tow by row, and uncompressed 
(ilea. VI. 12, an update to Vl.11 on disk num- 
ber B35', Includes source. By Matthias Meixn- 
er 

MIrveRunner 

A fteeware game lEke lode Runner, Ijut with 
more features. Supports the 4 player adapter 
fof the p^raliel port, u^a-S soh stereo wfiere 
possible, doasn't stop muitieasking and saves 
hlghscoras to disk. V1.0, binary only. By 
Matthias Bo<k 

Onn 

An improved version of P[J "Snake^ game on 
(fisk numt>er &10 by Micttaal Warner You 
control an "orm" (Danish for worm or snake). 
Iivir»g Jn a small window on the default public 
screen, v.iiich grows by eating "frogs and 
avoiding obslactes. This version tries to be 
swan about its window tfordsrs and the 
screen mode {Interlace , SuperhiresL etc.). 
SujqxiFts locale Bbrary if present English, 
<3erman, Italian, and ^edish catakiCS are 
supplied . Default language is Danish. In- 
cludes the catalog description tile Eind Full 
DICE and SAS/C {Latttc^ compatible source. 
VI. 4. Public Domain. Fieouires AmigaOOS 
2.0+ or higher. By Torsten Poulln 

PrtSc 

Have you ever noliced that there is a PriSc- 
key on the numeric keypad? This program 
makes jl work! By pressing the PrtSc key on 
your keypad, you get a screen dump to your 
printer. VT.&2. an update to Vi,oa on disk 
nuntter ES97. Freeware, inolurfes source. By 
Jan hiagqvist 



Rsminder 

A utitiiy ro remind you abOKt e'/ants. It con- 
sists of an avant editor and a small program 
that Is put in your w&sta*l)ijp (or run Irom 
S:usar-siartyp)r Every titTi& you boot your ma- 
chine, this program checks the event 
database and puTs up a requester [and op- 
aionaHy calFd an ARexx scnptj if there are 
events that you need to be reminded about. 
VI ,20, freewane, C source Included for DICE 
and SASS.?(. By Matti Rirktala 

CONTEWrSOPDlSK948 

AmiQWK 

QWKMaii format offline message sysitem, Al' 
lows reading oF QWF^aiP format offline mes- 
sage packets oopular wilTt many bulFetin 
board systems (BBSes). Replies can bs edit- 
ed using any text editor and packed for trans- 
fer a! alater time_ AmiOWK has been tested 
wilh mani' QiVVKMaii systens for IQFi^ and 
Amiga based BBSes. Requires WH 2.04 or 
higher. Release 2 V2.2, an update to Release 
2 vl.O on disK nur*er 907. Binary anly^ 
shareware. By Jim Dawson 

DUon 

DMon is a multi-purpouse utility written for 
Itto author's personai use during program de- 
veloprnftnl It is a [Monitor, [TissassembEer^ 
Debugger and development system. Vou 
may rmd similarities to Amiga Monitor by 
Timo Rossi, but DMon Is diffarent, il can dis- 
sassemble and debug 68x>s software in Usar 
arwJ Suparvisor Mode, ff you do not know 
what that means, then do not use DF^onl 
Vl.&S, binary only. By Andreas Srrtlgielski 



fdZpragn; 

A small I 



A small utility to create prototypes for iha 
Aztoc C ccmpilar or the Azt?? Assembler 
from FD files as if^y are disirQ^uied from 
CommHzdore with the Inctude tiles. Includes 
C-sourca. By Jochen Wiedmann 

Prilflan 

A conFlgurable, Style Guide compFiant task 
priority manager. Along tha seme Une^ as 
TaskX, PiMan is font^ sansitlve, resizeable. 
us^s a sJider oadgat ta chan^ tne priorilv of 
any |a$k andlias buttons for sending a Ctrl- 
C aignai to a task, or removing it from 
memory. Vl.l. an update to Vl.O on disk 
number S28. PreeWare, includes C source. 
8y Barry hfcOonnell 

Trashlcon 

A WB ±>.'x application icon to delete fitss. Puis 
an icon ai a user daRned position on Ehe WB 
screen, then detetes aJt files that are dragged 
onto H. V2.a, an update to Vi.4 on disk num- 
ber S71. Blnarji only. By Mart< McPhargon 

YasB 

Vet Another Scfean Selector, a somrrwdEty 
wll^ several nice features such as: Com- 
pletely controllaWe via keytjoard {of oourse 
you can use your nnouse. If you really want 
foj; Shows Screens and Windows {option); 
Snows PublicScreenname or ScreenTltte (op- 
tica); Ability lo change the defauft Pubiio 
screen; Opens window even on non-public 
screens (option). Font-sensitive; ResizeaWe 
window, vl.1, birrary only. By Albert 
Schweizer 

coNTEr>nrs of disk s47 

Mand2t9DOD 

Heme version of a revolutionary fractal pro- 
gram thai makes H Ear easier to expkire the 
Mandelbrot sel. h^and20l3O is compatible with 
all Amigas. it has separate oalo routines mat 
have been optimized tor the 6SM0, 6^020, 
€6t>^, 9@04o and 688*1 processors respec- 
tivefy. 11 auton^alitally datects these to ensure 
maxlmunn performance. MandSOOO also 
makes fuli use of AGA graphics when 
available. A number ol enhancements since 
the original demo verslcn. VT .102, binary on- 
ly. Requires OS £.04. By Cygnus Sohware 

N«wT40l 

A program thai will quk;kly replace the defautt 
tool In project taons. Ycu can specify (tie tool 
to yse, use a fiie requester to pick the tool, or 
allow NewTool to automatically choose the 
proper tool depending on the tile type. 
Va7.t9S. we 2.0+ raqulred, BlOflry only. By 
Mk:haal J Barroom. 

Screens* lect 

A commodity to change screen order by se- 
lacting a screen name from a li&lview. Also 
allows binding of tiotksys lo any screen with 
a proper name, ^pporls automatic activation 
of windows {remembers last activations^ 
when changing to new screen, is configurable 
with Preferences program, has a full intuition 
interface and is font sensitive (including pro- 
portiortaf lonts). Documentation in Ami- 
gaGuide ASCII and DVI formats- ReptJires 
AmigaOS 2.0^ or later. V2.1, an update to 
VS,o on disk number ^1S. Binary only^ fr«B- 
ware. By Matl^us Aalto 

A highly configurable ^SUN-mouse" utlfity, Im- 
plemerrted as a comnndity with a grapfilcal 
user Interface. It activates tho win^w under 
tha mouse pointer If you move or aft*r you 
have moved the mouse or il you press a key. 
Vou can specify titles of windows which shaiJ 
not be doactivated using wildcards. Requires 
at least AmIgaOS 2.04, jses locale.llbrary if 
available. Includes engiish and gennan docs. 
german arxt swedi^ catalog file (engiish lan- 
guage built in). VI .24, an u^afe to Vl.l? on 
disk 869. Shareware, hinaiy only. By Stefan 
Sticht 

SteamYWindows 

A smalf yet very useful commodity that In- 
creases the priority oi the owner task of the 
tictive window, ano reslCnes the task's priority 
when the window Ijecomes inactive jnless 
»m$one else rriodided the task's priority 
meanwhile. Wi.O, includes source In Obaron- 
2, By Franz Schwar; 

CQMTENTS QF DISK ^49 

ADls 

A 66^00^ disasserr^bler which can automatic 



to reserve addressing retalive to a4. 
many C compilers, use in a smaS n%E^Ff 
model. Vl.1, binary only. By Marfln Am^ 

Snoopy 

Enables yoo lo monitor library tuftcOon cafe 
of any library you wish. The idea ot codae 
came Irom SnoopDos by Eddy CamA. bn 
Snoopy is different rn sppmach end pupoae. 
Snoopy has no specific patches Itr speSiC 
Functions it Is an all-purpose tool to moAff' 
'ANY' library caJI in 'AfJV system arMf 
V^A, includes assembly source. By G^^v? 
Kurz, FH Muenchen 

VirusZII 

Release II of this pcpulaf virus deteaor 't:^ 

recognizes many ddoi aod tila vinjs^. "Pie 
niechecker can aEso decrunch files for tesS^ 
The memory checker removes aH know^ 
vinjsBB from memory without '(atjru Media- 
tion' and checks memrory for viruses regiia'- 
ly. Vin^Z has easy to use intuitroTfizecl 
menus including keycuts for both beginnBS 
and experienced users. Release II versions 
of VirusZ require 0S2.0+. This is f^e^esss ': 
VI .00. an upgrade to Release I 'i/S.07 on disn 
number 9u2. binary only, ahareware, By 
Qeorg Hrmann 

CONTENTS OF DISK 949 



aBy recognize data and slnngs put into the 
jode segment. Il also generales only those 
labels that are really referenced. Tlie gener- 



ated file will often be reassemblaPle. In Vl.1 
ADIs is capable of recogntzing all 66020 and 
68801 instructions even with the 68O20's s^- 
tended addressing modes. ADrs will also try 



Baud Bandit BulEetin Board System. WriSefi 
enlirely in ARexx using the commerciaJ terTitj- 
nal program 'BaudBandit**. Features indudo 
up tn 99 file libranes with ejctanrfed IflenOtes 
up to 99 fully threaded message conlerences 
number of users, files, messages, etc. a^ 
only limited by storage space, -controlled fte 
library and message conference access tor 
users and sysops, interface to 9>rtra device 
like CD-ROM and others, all treated as roac 
oriWf compJele Email wilb binary mall anC 
mulEtple forwarding, user statistics including 
messages written, files uploaded or down- 
loaded, time, etc plus much more. Now Ir- 
ctudes a compiete offline reader^answer 
called bbsQUICk.rexf, and Call Back Verrfi- 
cation for local callers. V€i.5, an update to 
V5.9 on disk 863. Includes complete AReiOt 
source. Bj/ flkiiard L^ Stockton 

TttEeClock 

A iirtle commodity ^about 3k) that Ihfows up a 
clock in the top iignt COrrifBr ot a screen's Ittle- 
bar. It may be set up lo display Itself on one 
or more screens without running n^ultlple 
copies of the program. It may also be set !c 
Follow your default public screen antf also lo 
always display on the frontmost screen. VZ.T, 
binary only. By Anders hfammarqulst 

CONTENTS OF DISK 950 

BBDoore 

A collection of rentDoors adjusted to work 
With BBBBS &.5. Includes compieta AHexx 
source. By Ricttard Lea Stockton and various 
others, 

bbaCUECK 

^fi offline read/reply/upl^ad/download mod- 
ute (or BSBBS. Corrtplets GUI with suppon 
lor mLiltipte BQBBS systems. V6.4 and up- 
date to VS.9 on disk number ass. Includes 
oompleLe AFlexx source. By RicTiard Lee 
StocKton 

BuayPofnters 

A COllectiOTi <^ bu&y pointers for use with 
'NickPraf5'_ (NickPrefs Can be found on disk 
number 780). By Dart Elgaerd 

ClOCkToot 

A simpie CLl uUlfty do p^omi operations on 

ihe batterybackefl-up ar>d/or system dock, 

e.g. dtSplay eiltwr/both, set one from the Oth- 
er, Increment, and loo. Most of these fea- 
tures. parlitulaTly those accessing the 
battery-baofcedup dock, are not available us- 
ing current Am&aDos commands. Vl.O, in- 
cludes source. Ky Qary Duncan 

Efiforcer 

A tool to monitor illegal memory access for 
68020^8351. SeOSCX and 6SO40 CPUs. This 
is a comtfeJely new Enforcer trom the original 
idea by Bryce Nesbrtt. 11 contains many new 
and wonderful teaturea and options and no 
longef contains any esceptiona for specific 
solfvvare. Enforter can now also be tised with 
CPU ot SetCPU PASTROM o^ meet any oth- 
er MMU-KS- Mappinq tool. Major new output 
options such as locar output, ^fdoui, and par- 
allel port. Highly optimized to be as Fast as 
posfflble. v:??.65, an update to V37.S2 on 
disJt number 912. Reguires V37 of tiie OS or 
better and an ti^tJU. Binary only. By Michael 
Sinz 

PayAdvicfl 

Easy-to-use pay analysis program which iS 
easily configuied to deal wnh tne way deduc- 
tions are made from your salary. Useful for 
invealifl^ing Just how large a slice of your 
hard eernod cash ends up m the hands of the 
tail man, or lo maVe sure thai your employer 
isn't deducting more frcm your wages than b? 
should. V3.0iD, binary only, shareware. Au- 
ihcrsi: Richard .Smadley, Andy Eskelson. 
Robert Hart 

Sushi 

A tool to Entercspr the raw sarial outpuE of Ef\' 
Forcer 2.Sb, Enforcer, megastack 26.1, Mung- 
wall, and all other tool and appiicaiion debug- 
ging output itiat uses kprintf. This makes f. 
possiljle to use serial debugging on a sln^e 
Amiga, without inlerferiig with attached s^riai 
Frardware such as modams artd sertal print- 
ers. Sushi also proL^ides optional signalling 
and buffer access to an eternal dts- 
plaWwatcher prograrn. V37.10, ar update to 
V37.7 on disk numlwr 733. Binary only. Sy 
Carolyn Scneppner 

CONTEKTS OF Dl^ Ml 

IconUls^r 

Intercepts attompts by programs to creaJe 
Icons and suPsntutes images or icons y^su 
prefer in itterr placa. Easy to configure, waits 
wiai 1.2 or above. -SutipDrts Icon drM-ndrop 
with 2.0 cr above. V2,0, binary only. By Todc 
U. Lewis 

MaxonFJAt^TC 

Demovarsion of the commercial pi;o^a-n: 
MaxoniMiAGiC, an animated ecraenbJajiter 
and crazy sourriprogramn The eompleie ver- 
sion incltides 15 dlrfereni blankars and twc 
disks full of samples. The demo is almcst 



76 



n 



E 



C0mpl#t9Cy □perational. Sefflngs can't be 
savad sim il will aEso remind tine user that it is 
a demo every now and then. By Kiaus-Oreler 
Somfner, disfribijt&d by WAXOW Computer 

CONT£!^S Of DISK 9S2 

hTschV 

Release 50. V37.5 of the 

tHjtke^/macroVimullipurpos* utility- ^o-u can 
record l^eystrokes artd inouse evems, inanip- 
uSate screens and windows, popup a shell, 
view the -clipboard, Wanl^ the screen and 
much more. ThU r^lesss has a wmplei* 
AR9>y( interface, so yau can axewits ARexx 
(yo^rams and Tuncttons from hotkeys and 
stcrfQ resuHs: in environment variaijles. The 
optional L'tle bar clock i$ an AppWin^fow. Vou 
car drop an icon in the cFoch and its name is 
set in a variable for use in macn^s. The docu- 
mamatitHi has been rewritten and indudes 
two indices. Th^s is the iree]y distributable 
release of 5.0- It is Ihe same as llw regis- 
tered version except this version has & "wel- 
come'' wiTKiow aw has a limit o( 2S macros. 
It tias been iwallzed for deutsch and fran- 
cais. Requires O^.QA-i-. This is an update to 
h^chlV on disk nLjml>sr ^4. Qtnary only, 
shaifsware. By Brian Moals, PolyGlol Soft- 
ware 

UUAro 

UUArc is an archiving system designed to 
enabEe sasy transmission oif binary 
files/archivea over com-muncatiDn links only 
Capable of u9Jng ASCiJ, Such as Electronic 
Mall. It encodes binary riles into tilea contarn- 



ifiQ only priritable standard ASCII characters, 
mitten prlmarity for use wilti GulArc to ac"" 
UUEncodinct/UUDecoding facilities to It. 



I for use witfi GulArc to add 
v^<i_h,K^ujii!jv>^DecodinQ facilities to It, il 
lak^s similaj' comrrvand Tins options to Olnar 
commorly used archji^ng prog^ms. VI .3, an 
updaiB to Vt.1 on disk 912.T^l3Nc domt^Di 
includes source. By Julie Brandan 

COHTEMTS OF DESK 953 

AmigaToNTSC 

AmigaToNTSC patches grapfiics.Jibrary so it 
will Tfiink you have an mTSC Amiga. Ami- 
oaToPAL WJH patch i! to think you have a PAL 
Amloa. Cu&lon screens will open in the 
mode salected, Vi-3, an update to VI .0 on 
disk riumber 575. Btnary oily. By Nico Fran- 
cols 

AppCon 

Decfares the actual C;OH>windQW as an App- 
Wlndow and Ms you drop your Fcons in mie 
wirwJow. Thoi^ the name and path of the con 
Bie inserted into liie current command lire 
exactly as if you typed them with your hay- 
board, but sl!^^ltV faster! V37.177, irKluides 
source. By Stephan FuhnnahT} 

Byla^Hter 

Lets you to filter out s 



^ ifi&d b/Tes from a,ny 

tile, 30 you are able to extraci lh& t^xts ffom a 
binary fife, for exampfe. VI .30 gnd il uses 
jhaxtras.libraryH whicfi is included in the libs 
drawer. Freeware, includes source. By Jan 
Hagqvist 



EasvCatalog 

An rFF-CTLG cat^og Cile editor. From now 
□n, yflu can just enter the text for the catalog 
end save it. Existing catalogs can be loaded 
and changed, fteguires KS S.x or higher. En- 
glish and Dutoh frJefJerlands] catalog sup- 
ntied. Version O.B, binary only. By Joroen 
'mite 



Si 



ISAM 

A ServerVLJbrary. Even novice programmars 
can store and/or retrieva dalal^se records. 
Powerful, multi- "us&r", aJmoai unlimitad num- 
b^f £ size of necDfds/files. Different u&ers 
may access same file, file antl fecofd locltfng 
(igwglysive or shared) muttlple keyg/Ple. Keys 
may: aecend/desoend, have 

untqu^/r^pealable vaJu&s, b« up to 499' t>yle$. 
Maffy record relflaual methods. Recover In- 
<le>: Hie H losi or corrupt. DeEeted record 
§pace redaimed. Small: server is lesfi ihsn 
StK; Resident Library less than 3K. Usable 
from CVAam.yAReKx/ek;. AmigaDOS Vl.Band 



up, S hareware , binary on W, examples 
w/Gource. V1.03, an updale to vi.Ol on dJsk 
number 7Sfi. By SocrrL C, Jacobs, RsdShift 



Software 

LHA-D0pu3 

An Aflexx script (or DirSClcry OpuS 4.11 thai 
lists the contejits of Iha-archrves in a E^Opus 

window. AlFows ejrtract^ deFete and add oper- 
ations on specific flies of the archive. vl.O, 
freeware. By MJchiel Pelt 

CONTENTS OF DISK 9S4 

MFT 

Multi-Function Tool. A little assembly pro- 
gram {just over 1K) Ihat can perfom^ aircf tr^e 
FbiaawJng DOS corrvnands: flENAFt^E, 
DELETE, MAKEDIR, WAIT, FtLEMOTE. Use- 
M tor ^sKs where every b^e courts and you 
dor'l want a bunch of bigger utilities taking up 
iwsm. Current version does not support pat- 
tern matching. Vl.03, includes source in as- 
sembler, By Thorslen Stocksmeier 

SCAMSBOO 

A Sppecialized dalabaae (nograjn to atore fre- 
quencaes and station names for Shortwave 

transmrtters. ft can also conirfll a receiver for 
scannins Irequency rsngee, V2,3S, an update 
to V2.33 on ttisk number B64. Binary onfy. By 
Rairter Redweik 

C0l4r£NTS OF DISK 965 

DIxOaiaga 

A shoolem LJp game. DeluKe version of an 
old cfassw Vi-0, binary onfy, shareware. By 

Edear M, VlgjJai 

MuraloUtir 

Several CU or script tased utilities. Included 
gre: BtJitoni A little LitHily that opens a re- 
quester with custom text. JJaelul for batch 
end scnpis; C64Saver A utility that reads C64 
t^aslc Drograme, decodes and saves thern In 
a feadable file; Calendar A utiJrty which prints 
a monthly cawndar and some Informatiwi 
about the days; CaiLost A utiRty that causes 
DTP (o drop on the swiat port; COPIayer A 
utility topiay a musics CD on CDTV ot A57D; 
FfiASadFmi Intuition based utility which for- 
mals BAD flop^le^ and n^akes them useable^ 
KicKMaKer A uiillty to crsate a new k8 disk 
Witt* the last version of t<S on it... For A3000 
owners only; SerTest A utility that opens a 
window and shows Ihe status of serial port 



signals Switch A LftHrty that opens a tittle cer>- 

tered window, that has custorn lest and tvrt 

buttons for thoice. fi^Ost programs require 
0S2.W+, some source included. By Felice 
fvluroSo 

PFS 

A (llesystem for the Amiga. Offers higher per- 
foFmance on all operations and fult conn&atl- 
biilry with AmlgaDos. Requires KS 2.0 or 
hiafier, Sha-eware release 1 .0^ V6,l 1 . Binary 
ority. By Mfchiel Pelt 

CONTENTS OF DISK 9Se 

DDBasfl 

A simple database program. Faa^tures: Up to 
1SQ0 records up Ea £0 Ti^ida/record; Draw up 
to 1 Bevet/FtipBcKeSj^ Bqk^ Circles; Im- 
port/Export data as ASCII or Superbase; Us- 
es externaf fields {ASCII/IFF}. Installation util- 
ity provided. V3.D0, requres Oa2.x or 
orealer. BFnary onty, freeware. By Peter 
Rughes 

HMsynth 

A program lo create sounds wltti FW synthe- 
sis, itfias 5(K operators, a realtime LFO and a 
free editable algorithm. The sound can be 
pFayed an the Amiga keyboard or on a MIDI 
keybf^rd 'wtiich le connected to Ihe Ami^. 
Tha sounds ean be saved In tFF-QSVX (one 
or five octav*) or raw format. FMsyntli has an 
AREXX gon now. Included are 230 FM 
sounds. vS.'S an update to V1.1 on disk 
number B95.. Sharawafe. By Chfistian Sfiens 

SetDelTiiAon 

A small utiirty to set the sysiem's default mon- 
itor djring WBStartup Of to zap the default 
monitOH- on ine fly. Possible defauit monitofB 
include Pai^ t^tSC, Fur035. Super 72. DblNtSc 
and DtlPal. Vi.2. irKlusfes source Jn C. By 
Frariz Schwar^ 

CONTENTS OF DISK $$7 

PARm 

PAReK is a program which allows you to pro- 
cess fites. mostly textflias, whereby sU'ings 
can be rsplacsd by anothar, lext between two 
strings can ba stripped, strings put in low^r or 
upper case. PARe^ supports normal te]d 
searchfng, wildcard searching, context re- 
memtjenng and word-only searching. Using 
data ^Crip^ enables the use of an unlimitea 
number of such repJaoe commands. Each re- 
place command tan be individually con- 
Irolled. All ASCII cedes can be userf in the 
search ar>d replace stings, even entire files, 
dates, times, can be Inserted in such strings. 
Custom formarted hexadecimal output is also 
suHsorted. Over twenty roady to use program 
scripts are tndud^d to perform simple taslts 
as; converting files between different comput- 
er systems, slipping comments from source 
fi|«, finding strings m files^ converting Ami- 
gai^ulda lEIos to normal i^nt files,,., even au- 
tomatic version updating cf s&uree files. By 
the way^ vZ.OO Is aboui two to nwre Ihan 
iwenty nmes faster than the previous ver- 
sions and is supplFed In engiish, german, 
frer>ch, afKl dutch, v$.Oa an upttale to V2.12 
on disk numbeir a$5. Binary only [but tba 
source is a'/alFabEe). shareware. By Chris P. 
VandJerendonck 

VChese 

Fully functionat sfiarewa^e che.s$ ^arne com- 
^elely written in Amiga Ch^rfin. FaaEirnas: 
salacfabte screan type (can run right on )tie 
WB screen); sizea&Je board; Two-human, 
Coanptrtsr-Human and Computer-Computer 
play modes; Load, save games; 
Load/sava/print movelfst; Use/&ave openings; 
Time limits' Solve for mate; Selectable tarfla; 
Setup board; Rdate board; Show movelist; 
Show ihJnKfna „. a^id ntore. Requires 
OS2.-0+, and srould run evieri on low memory 
(SiSK) machines tf the opening Ifbrarvis not 
used. V2.0, btnary only, shatewere. By Ste- 
fan SalewsKi 

CONTENTS OF DtSK 95S 

Alert 

A small command to display texts in a recov- 
ery-alen, Wod(6 on all maciftnes with KS V33 
or higher, V1,1. IncliideG source. By Kelll 
Hunn 

F«d-CASE 

A graphical envirortmerrt to desfgn llowcharls. 
The source code generator genersles directly 
compilable C source. The generated code 
can be compiled on otner computer systems. 
t,£. you can generate source code for a C 
compiler on a LINiX operating system or a PC 
operalirw system. Vl.O {derrw version), blrta- 
ry only. By Christian Jcosen, Ron Hermans 

Testhlaker 

NOT just a test creator lor teachers. Ten 
years in developing^ this one makes up tests 
revievf sheets, quizzes, etc, in a variety of 
formats, and helps the teacher mainiajn a 
question database for use in most subjects. 
vS.f^, binary only {Comprlsd t^iSoft Basic), 
shareware. By Bill Lujtquist, Bob Black 

COMTENTSOFl3iSK959 

AmigaDiary 

AmigaDtary la a har>dy WB tool of the type 
mat currently abound office PC's. It is a 
mouse driven diary capabtc of storing all per- 
sonal events ard is the perfect solution to all 
those forgotten brnhdays, rnissed appoint- 
mer^ts etc. Vl.13, binary only. By Andrew K. 
Pearson 

HQMM 

Heio Quest MapMaker With KQMWL you can 
Create your own missions Tor Hero uuest, the 
bf>ard game. You can place all objecEs thai 
are tn tne Hero Oue$t sat (doo^rs, traps, Pumr- 
EUre, monsters etc.J on the map and you can 
write your own story to go wllh It. Ail this will 
be printed out in the same style as lf>e oilgi- 
nal Hero Quest missions. Vl.11, requftes 
0S2.C-t-. Binary only, Iraawsra. By Cami&l 
Rauwalar 

InbiiMakfl 

A tool for developers, ceatad with tne inier]- 
trOn of tnjiklingi complex prc^acts, with an 
easy to use graphics user interfaca. Mo fur- 
ther knowledge about conventional makes is 
needed, becauso IntuimaJ^e does not deal 
wrth script files or things lit<e tbat. Requires 
OSZ.0-1-. V1.2, binary only. By Bfrn E, Trosi 
and IDirh Q, Remmall 



CONTENfTS OF C4SK 960 



Imperial 

An crienial 



... ^.ime In whsch you have to re- 
move tiles Ipom a layout [im ShaJighai or 
Taipei), Every game has a solution btmI 
there's a layout ediior. Englpsh NT3C version 
and French PAL var&ion quppEled. Some oth- 
Bt versions available from the author. V2.0, 
binary only, sfiareware. By Jsan-h^arc 
BOURSOT 

Minesweeper 

Y0t another minasweapsj' game. This one 
forgives the pEayer, wiien he nits a mine, 't no 
useful inferences could be made from the ex- 
posed infi^ation. The element ol Jucl^ Is 
sharply lediKsd. Fifst version, binary only. By 
Donald RebLa 

PowerP^yer 

A very f^owerful, user frier>dly and system 
friendly module player. It can handfe nearly 
all module-fomiabp can lead pOwerpacked & 
Kpk-packed nKsdules and COmes along with 
Its own powerful cruncher that uses the 
thi.library, Xas a simple to use userlnterface 
and ^ AReM( port, has locaie-soppon and a 
mce inslalFar script lor CBM's Insrtaller utility. 
V4,o, update to v3,3 on dl6l< number S6S, Bi- 
nary only, ihareware. By Stepban Fuhrmiann 

CONTENTS OF DISK S61 

FIVE-STAR 

Damo version of a powerful prsdictlon tooi for 

LOTTO, POOLS, Effl/EEP, DIGIT (eg 4d) and 

HORSE {r^ces) systems available worfdwrde. 
The pro-am uses an identical framework Tor 
ail five systems but they are run completely 
individually so that any number ot ftiem can 
be used simultaneously. AJI records. up[lales. 
predictions, bets and resuEts are stored sepa- 
rately and Can he saved to disk or sent to Ihe 
printer at any time. This demo veraon is sup- 
plied with 9 very basic manual and is com- 
Eletely funCtJonaf except for data input. Vl.O, 
tnary oily. By Joe Taylor 

MPMftster 

A use'ul MIDI prcgram that enables to trans- 
mit^recaiv$ samples via MIDI between the 
Amipa end any MIDI device that sufiports the 
fJiDTSampJe Dvnip Standard format (such as 
the Yamaha SVSS synthssi^erl. It has a WB 
interface, can play samples arid all settings qf 
the sam^^e can be rriodiiied befora transmis- 
sion. Includes a circuit to bu^d a very small 
hJlOl interface. Distrib^ed in two languages: 
English and Spanish. Hequlres WB^.Q4 or 
higrier, VI .2, binary only, freeware. By Anto- 
nio J. Pomar Rossetl 

CONTEm'S OF DISK 962 

EnvTooi 

A tool for e project reon, txMn out of a severe 
noed to allow users to use their own tools fcr 
reading doc TiJes, viewing pictures, editing 
flies, etc. EnvTool will sencf the associated 
tile to either the tool specilied by an environ- 
ment vanable, or a selected default tool if the 

environmenl variable ig. not set. Version 0.1, 
includes source in C. By Dan Fish 

EZAsni 

Combines &S00O assembly language with 
parts of C. Produces hilghly optimized code. 
Uses C-llk$ (urtclion cajis. [ supports all 3.Q 
functions ), tMlifitj, bracas, "eFse", "-fd" sup- 
Dort, and much more. Comes bundled \^1th 
A^Qk and Blink, for a complete prooramrring 
environment. Vi.S, an update to Vi77 on disft 
G95, Includes example sotjrce and exe- 
cutable fifes. Binary only. By Jo& Sieben- 
mann 

MuchMore 

Another program like "more", "less", Ipg", etc, 
T^ils one jses its own screen or a pubflc 
screen to show the tOKt using a slow scroll. 
Indudfts built-in help, commands to searcti 
for text, and commands to print the teid. Sup- 
ports 4 M^or text In bold, Halic, undertlned, or 
inverse fonts. Car^ load xpk crurwhed Fles. 
Has a display mode reE^ijester. fs localized 
with German, Italian, French, and Swedish 
catalog f^es, SupMrts pipes. Requires KS 
3,04 or later, V4,5, an updale to V3.e on disk 
number §3S, Includes source In Obsrcm-2, By 
Fridtjof SiebSft, Christiar^ Stiens 

TddlAlJas 

Provides a mechanism for rerouting spectfta 
programs lo other progr^ns. Foi e>camgiG, 
with ToolAlias, you could reroute all rerer- 
enoB3 10 ^;c/muehmore' to uso 
'sys:utilities/ppmore' Inst&ad, so that when 
bn>wsjnd documenis on a Fteh disk, you get 
to use your favouttte text viewer, rather than 
loading the one specified in the document's 
ToolTypes, Requires OS^.D-*-. Vi.Oa, In- 
cludes source. By Martin W, Scott 

Touch 

Another Amiga version ot Itie Unix ulility witN 
the same name, Touch changes the date and 
time stamp of all specified flies to the current 
date and time. This version will al&o create an 
empty file {like the Unix versmn) if the aped- 
fiednia does not exisl. Vl.2, an updale to 
Vi.O on disk 919. Public domain, includes 
SQurca. By Kai Isks 

CONTENTS OF DISK 963 

SootPIc 

BootPic shows naarty any IFF picture that 
you ilka while your system is initialized after a 
reset. Additionally, it may play a MEB- 
ModulB. Requires OS 3_0 or higher. V3_1. a 
major update to V2,1ti on disk number 7i8. 
Binary only. By Andraas Ackermann 

Codecr&ckar 

Another Mastflirf^ind ctone, Difficulty level 
may be set by selecting the number of color 
oolumi& ar^d frie number ol different colors to 
choose from. Documentation contained withlfi 
Ihe program, V^r.^S, bl^nary oniy. By Michael 
Polnoke 

SIOD 

An inlerpreter lor ^e :__,__._ _ 

Scheme, a dialect of LlSFdevetoped e_ 

Slod is a C lmplen>6ntation that covers a 
large pari of the standard and can be mn wttli 
a small amount ol memory {also runs on ntd 
ASOO NOT expanded). It is the Ideal tool to 
learn the language or for exparimenting witti 
functicnal Eangu^es. V2.6, includes soun^e 
and examples. Based on the crrgiriaF code 
from Paiadigm Inc. An update lo V2.4 on disk 



torithmic language 
i at fifllT. 



number 525. ^ Sca^bim^&MH 

Split] 

A high-speed file s_ , 

to several smal^ fXe& Ises _ 
definable^ Pije to ^ use i/ & 33k i 
Spliti ie up to 14 times faster ffunlva 
tItTon. CLI Interlace, Origiinsir tartar 
transporting large doeomenfe VliJ. I 
only. By Dan Eraser. 

CONTENTS OF DISK 464 

Angle 

ANother Gmat inluilion Enharusr {. - ., 

that can b9 used to assign AngieSeQoencss 
that can consist of dozens of Irnuition regaled 
actions, arbitrary dos commands and trpic 
event data to an unlimited ngmbar qf hotkeys- 
, Furthermore, these AnniBSequencas canne 
executed via ARexji. Angle's capabJEities "m- 
clude auto window huntirtg^ auto ActiveWiJT' 
Task priority incrementn TWA' window re^ 
membering, auto DelPubScreen deiinrtiofi., 
■etc. AnOre comes with a comfortable Intuition 
user Interface and is completely localized. In- 
cludes English and German docjmentatmn 
and German catatog. V3.^, an update to Vi.s 

on dish number 936. Binary only, gifbvare. By 
Fr^nzSchwara 

NewDote 

A replacement to* Ihe AmioaDOS command 

'Date'. Besides the usual ake options, l^few- 
Dale eiTubles dale output tn your own defined 
formal. NewDate currently aupports ie lan- 
queges: English, German, French, Dutch, 
Italian, Spanish, PofUigese, Danish. Finnish, 
Swedish. Norweojan, rcelandic, Po^sh, Hun^ 
garian, C^zoctL Romanian, Turlosh and In^ 
donesian. VI .20, an update to V1.10 on disk 
number SS9_ Binary only, freeware. By Ctiris 
Vandiererrdonck 

HFVbf 

This proaram searches an Bmt>edded version 
ID in a file. Like the 'Version' command ^OU 
can check the version and revisjon number of 
a tile. You can also add this embedded ver- 
sion ID as a tilenote. or print II in a table 
where each field of the ID is clearly staled. 
Vou can also construct your own varsjon 
comment Lsing embedded version ID lelds. 
V2,30, an update to V&..00 on disk number 
737. Binary oiIVk freeware. By Chris P. 
Vandierendonch 

Stoehs 

Demo version of a stocks analysis program, 
Pro^des powerful lechnlcal analysis using 
numerous studies including Candlesticks, tra- 
ditional t?ar chals, 3 moving averages, 
WACD, Stochaatics, Gann, TrondLlnes, ?iflj 
Average Volume ^nd more- Ft gg'nerates 
buy/sell signals based on customi^le trad- 
rng njles ard graphs daily, weehly. and 
monthly charts using a simple ASCII data file 
format ccmpatable with Compu-Serve histori- 
cal data. Displays on WB or Custom Public 
Screen. Includes on-line AmigaGuide help 
text, Requires 0S2.a+. V3.0£a binary only. 
By James Philippou, Bug- Free Developmenl 

CONTENTS OF DISK ses 

COPISy 

A smati CD Player destgned for tho Xetec 
COx Sortware. The program uses a small 
Window Ihat opens en the WB screen. Small- 
er wlih many more functions than those on 
the player that is supplied with the Xeiec 
Software. V2.01, binary only. By Nit Wilson 

UCheas 

Apowertul versior^ of the program GnuChess 
V4 for the Amiga. Plays a very srtrong oame 
oi chess. Dode has been rewmten ana data 
siRKhjres reo^anlzed for optrmal efficiency 
on Z2 bit 680£0 and better Amiga eystems. 
Fully multilasklrn, automallcaJly detects and 
supports e40>C49w<£^8 color AeA rmoda nna- 
ohltves, artd does not at any time BLFSV waiL 
Requires a fl8O£Q/O3Q^Q*0 based Amiga 
computer system wUh AtnlgaOS 2.M or taTer 
and 4 Jijieg of ram minimum. Special T' vbt- 
sion optimized for 6S040 and requires 10 
Meg of ram fninlmiim_ Supports a uarialy of 
Standard features such as load save, bc& 
board, autoplay, swap sides, ffflce inove^ 
undo, time limrfs, hints, show Iliinking. and a 
soperviscr mode that will allow two numans 
to play with the computer acting as a "si^ht' 
visor". V2.6S. Source for this version nay be 
four^ on Aml9aLibDiel(9$6, Ety FSF. Aivi^ 
Port by Roger uzun 

CONTENTS OF DISK 9$6 

CDTV-P layer 

A ulility for all those people, who'd ice to E^ay 
Audio Ci>"s while mullitaswng on Vf^ Ks an 
emulation of ODTVs remote control, biA s a 
little mors sophlsticatad. Allows access to Ifte 
archive even without a CDROM drwe ^ 
AMIGA 5OC-40QOJ, although jrtu cant fier 3 



I 
I 



ffie Qfr 



CD. Program and KAR ^ 

screen) included. Recognizes CDs < 

cflliy. 'Works on all COTVs, AMIGA CO 3& 
and all CD FlOfJ emulating the cdtv.davfce fit 

cd. device. V2.31 , an update to V2,05 on dA 

S94, Freeware, binary only. By DaiielAntof 

FKSpread 

A Bpreadsheel progirani diat uses ^ own 
custom screen. Can be switched between 
hires, laced and PAL, ISTTSC. Shoufd wort on 
any anniga with at least 1MB. V2.01. si i^> 
date to VI .71 on disk number fte7- BSriacy 00- 
ly. By Frank Hartog 

UChe^sSre 

Lha archive of all the sources necessary ts 
build UChoss VS. 69 as conlaified on cisk 
number 965. By FSF, Amiga Pofl by Roger 
Ueun 

CO»n'ENTS OF DISK 997 

IconTrace 

Use this program to nnd out which 
program supports and which icons i 
for. kS 2.0 or tiigher required V2.CE, 
only, By Peter Stuer 

MUl-usr 

An object oriented system fa 1 
maintain graphical ue&r in^' 

programmer's pojnt of ^ew. l _ 

a lot qf lime and niafces He n*e*t ^ 
Ttiinkii^ aboui corrtp feate d lem Be m 
dow rtifizing^or fortt s ere M /tn is siirtr 1 
naccesary. On \hs ether hapd, usees « II 
b9s^ acpl4oa&of]S have Ste at^^ A a 



I 



77 



kxtt\zs f\^6jiy ^v^ry pnel of A program's tntsr- 
fflce according tolnsir personal laete. V1A 
ihig e9 part 1 cf a £ part disjributiort ard con- 
tains the user sy^rr. The dsvelopdiB sup- 
port pat^^ao^ can be taund on disk nuinber 
968. Sharwara. By Stefan Stuntz 

CONTENTS OP DISK 968 

l»sklnfo 

A raplacemenl for the AmrgiaDOS Info com- 
mand, but carii addrtlonaily give more axten- 
6ti« InformaUon oo the dlEk (volume) and^or 
on the devk» in whicli the disk is inserted. 
VE,(K), an update to Vi.OO on disk number 
763. Binaiy oniy, freeware. Sy Chris P. 
Vanclrerendonck 

JustLoofc 

A collection of routines iOf conlroiiing the 
mouae and Iteylward ttim g*netalion onnput 
Events', impi^nrienited as abjet^ code to ba 
iinked with your programs. This is for appJIca- 
llon ^titers who litte to inciude HowToEn pro- 
grams rtrthi their eppBcaJions. Users can acl(j- 
lliy see how to do Wngs, rarher than describe 
im thsm in document lijes. TWs ta nol a 
F^corder, mouao and keyboard ev^rtts aro 
generated in real tine and so the software 
acfapts iteelf to chanoee at a particuiaT exocii- 
iioP' Includes e^ampla pro^^ms ard source 
in C and assembly. By Kamran Karimi 

MUl-dev 

An oijieH otiertled system lo crftarte and 
maintain graphical user inr^rfaco^ From a 
pregrammw's point of view, using MUl saves 
a Id of time and makes life much easrer. 
Thnklrn aboi;t compiicated terms like win- 
dow rwtzKb or font se?i5ititfily l5 simphr rejt 
nucosary. un the other ftand, usw^ or MUi 
based appiicatlon? have the abiilty to cus- 
tomize neariy every pixei of a program's inter- 
faca acoordmg to tiierf personal taste- VI -4, 
thns is peh 2 of a 3 part distt^bution and con- 
tabw Wie devetopar ^i^sport package, TTie us- 
er system can be foufid on disk ounnber 9fl7. 
Shareware. By Stefan Stuniz 

Po«v«rSrtap 

A uliiity thai aliows you to use the mouse to 
mark ciwracters ariywhere on the screenn 
and then paste them somewhere elsa, such 
as Jn another CLi or in a sinng gadget. 
Checks what font is used in the window you 
snap from and wSE \Qok for tl>e positron of the 
characters automal^caliy. Recoonizes ali non- 
proporSonat fonts of up to £4 p<rxei« w^de ^nd 
of any height Worlds wiHi AmigaQOS 2.Q in 
both EheJI aruj WB environments. V£-2i an 
updale to WZ.^b on dlsi<; 73i- Binary only. By 
hfeo Francois 

CONTENTS OF DJSK 908 

ACE is a Fr«aWare Amtoa BASiC compiler 
which, in conjunction witn AS5K and Kinl(, 
produces staualone execulabies. The lan- 
guage defines a laroe subset of AmigaBASIC 
But also iifls fflany lealUTM r»ot found in ihe 
latter. A simple graphical fFont-«nd (infe^raS 
ed Devekjpmsnt^nvironmanr) Is also provid- 
ed- This is written In ACE. VSO^ frseware, bi- 
nary only. By DAvid Benn 

DO^Trace 

SnoOpDOS ciOftS with a lot mora whrSUes 
and beits: session history, commodity^ and 
can trace a iot mo^e functions than Snoop- 
IX3S. KS S.04 or higher required. V£.t3, bi- 
nary oniy. By Peter e^uer 

LazyBench , ^^ ,. . ^ , 

A linie utility tar lazy people with a hard disk 
crammed full of goodies which are too d^cuit 
to T^^ch because they ar4 bLiriedi sv^ay in 
drawers inside drawers inside drawers in^kle 
drawers... LazyBench instails. ilself ss &. cam- 
modity. adds an item under the WB Tools" 
menu arrd waits in the bacl^rourd. Use its 
hot key cDmbination lo pop up its window and 
select an item from the ilst displayed, ihus 
launching your favourtts appiJcatton wiitiout 
meselng around wllh windows and drawers. 
Font sensitive. Style Guid* compliant and Kil- 
ly MnffguraWe, Requires AmigaDOS 2.xx or 
feter, VTj4r an update to VI. fs on disk 935. 
Bin^ only. By Weflher 'Mircko' Pirani 

Syelnro 

A orand rew release of IhiS popular pfooram- 
It reports interesting information ^out the 
ccnflEuraiion of your Amic^, including some 
spaed comparisons with other configuratpons, 
versions of ihe OS software^ and much more. 
V3.23, an update to V3.1S on disk number 
aeo. Binary only. By islic ^Ison 

CONTENTS OF DISK 970 

ADM 

A comfortable and (teKlWe address database 
wiih font sensitive windows, commodity sup- 
port, appNcathon window support, an ARexx- 
port. public screen support, and totally con- 
trcllable from the kayooard. tt inictudes user 
flags (grouplna), email supfiort, ar>d freely 
configurable labeE prinSino. 't can till out tetter 
fotms and calE yaur woroT proces^rr print t^ 

mittance orders, dial numbers, and has online 
help. Requires AmioaDOS v£.04 or later- 
VI ^, ar updata to VI. 01 on disk $47. Ger- 
man version anjy. Shareware, binary cnly. By 
Jan Qeissier 

NoNTSC 

Converts MTSC-Screens to PAL-Scrwns. It 
Bnks Erntothe Open Screen-Routine and loofTs 
at Ihe height of every screen opeTied. If it has 
NTSC-Hsiaht (200 PixeisV. it I? convarted to 
PAL-H^ght [256 Pkefl. Sy Thorsten 
Stoclcsmeier 

yUCode 

Optimized ijuencode/uu<f*cods programs. 
i:>esjgnftd to be reliable and fast. Afso in- 
cludes 6&030 based versions. V36,6, in- 
cludes source. By RaSp^ SeichJer 

CONTENTS OF DISK 971 

Dlaklnto ^^^ „ ^ , 

A r^lacement for ihe AmigaDOS info com- 
mand, but can additionaily give more exten- 
sive trrtormallon on lt>e disk (vtHume) andfw 
or the device In which the disk is irtsefled, 
V2,00, an upidale to vi.oa on dtsk number 
783. Sinafy only, freeware. By Chr^s P, 
Vandierendonck 

QDIsk 

A WB utility ihat will moniitor the sp^^ usage 



of any mounted AMIGA DOS volumei like 
your hard dnve or your floppy drive. QDisIt 
vfiii also notify you it a volume becomes too 
Full. Comes with a preference editor to cus- 
tomize Q[>isk to your needs, VS,01, an up- 
da^e to VM on disk 603. Freeware, binary 
enty. By Worman Baccari 

¥a^ 

Yet Another Komnwdity, Features a sun- 
nnoufie thai only activates when the mouse 
&tops, KeyAcHvate windows, dick windows to 
front or back, cycle screens with mouse, 
mouse ar>d screen bl9n)<ing, 

c1oss^ilp,fshrinE^enlarge windows with pro- 
gramrrtable hotkoys and a iot of other corifig- 
urable hotkeys. Fully tot^alized English lan- 
guage builtin and provided catalogs for 
Dutcn, French, German^ Itaiian and Swedish. 
Documeniaflon in English, French, German 
and Italian. Includes Installer scnpts and C 
souice. V1.67, an updata to Vf.& on disk 
number flia. By Gael Marstou S Mariin W. 
Scott 

CONT£MTS OF DISK 972 

Icon? 

A bunch of 4-Coior icons from which you may 
find somethinQSUltablB for your particular wB 
en^ronmenL ay h^agnus £nersson 

Intellnsidfl 

A cute little play on the marketing motto of 
that "other' famiry of microprocessors ...a WB 
TrashCan iccn. Sy Unknown.,, fUncon- 
lessed??} 

Moreicons 

Another buncri o( Icons (e-Cotar this lima) 
from which you may find something suitable 
for your particular WB environment. By Dan 
Elgeard 

QulekFlle 

OuickFlle is a flexible, easy to use llat file 
database. Files can be larger than available 
ram, but as much of thg tlie ss possible is 
kepi in ram for fast access. Features include: 
multiple Indexes that are automatically main- 
Lained; character, date. Integer and noadng 
point date types: up to 2w characters iwr 
field and 250 fields per record; form and list 
style displays and reports: unlimited number 
of views for each iQe; fast sorting with rnulii- 
pde sort keys; improved search Snellen; fields 
can be added, chan^d, or deleted at any 
lime; llexlbie ascli export^mport; fieidbie 
multi-column iahal printina. Runs on WBt.3 
or i^er and shouhJ be OK wlih 51 ^K ram. 
VS,0£, an upctata to VI. 3.3 on Disk 913. 
Shareware, bmary only. By Alan Wigginion 

RCON 

A reptaoement for the CON'-Handler of 
Amiga-OS 2,x 3.):- Has many new features 
incliKiing ecroiiing back teixt wntch ha« disap- 
peared, enhanced co^ &. paste suppofl, win- 
dow kwiification, pu^ut logging, print win- 
dow contents, and much more. This is a 
den>o distribution of a shareware pfodu&t. 
V1.4. an update to Vl.O on disk 930. Binefy 
only. By Gwtiard Ratte[tz 

COMTEI^S OF DISK 973 

TextP^tis ^„„ 

A TeX frontend word proeeseor, TPP pro- 
vides lac^ities for tfiblea, itste, rnailmergef 
footnotes , ineljsion of Fff -oraphits . an AResa- 
Port (122 commands), pftnting via the print- 
ar.devlce (no TeX needed for this), and hill 
OSa.xxra.M compatibility. Makes use of Pas- 
TeX, <3eort| Hsssmann's Amiga impiementa- 
lion of TeX, or AmigaTaX of Radical Eye 
SoftwaTe, which Is supported from now on. 
New features: user deff naWe menus 
keymap, and macros; completely localized 
(avafiatMe iansuages; englieti, deutsch); dip- 
Qoard support; AppWIndow, Applcon; ft new 
AReKx Gommarws. V5.01, an update to 
V4.10 en disk Si^BiS. Shareware, binary 
only. By Martin Steppler 

CONTENTS OF DISK B74 

DDU 

The Duniho and Duniho Ltfe Pa;ttern IndKelor 
{00 LI) Is a program that asl;s you (^estlons 
m order to detem^ine your Life Pattern. The 
Life Patterns conespond to the sixleen psy- 
chological types measured by the Myere- 
Briggs Type Indicator (fvlBTl), and thay are 
represented by the same abbr&viattons. By 
using knovi'iedge that TereJice Duniho has 
added lo the study of Type, thjs program also 
checks itsetf b^ asking suppJamentarv ques- 
tions about oBier prarerences ttiat correlate 
with a person'* type. By Fergus Qumho 

KingCON 

A console-handler that QptiDnaily replaces the 
standard 'CON:' and 'RAW^ devices, it i& 
100% coflipatlWe, but adds some VERY uio- 
ful features, such as: Filename- compic'tlort 
(TAB-expansionl; A review-buffer: Intuition 
menus; Jump scroll [FAAST output!). Cursor- 
positioning uaine the mouse- MC68O20- 
gptlmized version; And more... v1.i, requires 
OS2.X, binary only. By Dfl^^d Larsson 

MathPlot 

A function plotter wKli Un^g P'^- ^ complete 
KS £.0 Interface, ancf ARe>3 support. Need& 
KS/WB 2.0 and mtool.lihrary (included). 
V2.20. an update lo V2.07 on disk number 
916. tliis IS s Demo version with some op- 
tions disabled, requires a fcey file for full lunc- 
tionality. Shareware, sourca available from 
author. By Rdiger Draier 

CONTENTS OF DISK 975 

CLIExcharvge 

A 5^2 byte CLI raplacemenl for the standard 
CBM Exchange utiiily. Thie only difference is 
that Exchange has a graphical yser interface 
while CLi Exchange has been designed to be 
called from CLI so rt can be used within scrip- 
ts, menus, doctts or holheys. You need at 
least 2.04 system release. C source tnduded. 
By Qai ^tar^Ou 

DieserZug 

A npwty done WB "Wonns" t>^s game, 
^are tfw object is to gobble up piecea malt- 
ing yourself longer ana tnnger, while avoiding 
running into the walls ot your laii . Features 
3 different speeds, high score list, pause end 
twip keys. Vi .2a, binary only. By Juha Ve+iwi- 
linan 



Amiga port of FTF4.CH. ITF stands few "info- 
corn Task Force", There tiava been several 
ports of Infocom lAterpreters to the Amiga, 
but none of this program. Tfte interpreter sup- 
ports VI. v2. v3 {Zorki to Slatbnfall). v4 
rfrinily. Bureaucrat, etc.J end v5 (Sherlock, 
Beyond Zork etc) oames. TWs Is more than 
any tether freeiy d^Brtoutable mterpTeter. With 



tills interpret^- you can play ALL Ihe oames 
in the LTbl2 pat^c^ For the IBfUl rc, 1^ 
00|?ying itie darafiles vvlth Cross-DOS or simi- 
lar, then Just running this Interpreter, Re- 

qurres OS 2.0+. Binary onfy. By InfoTask- 
Force, amigia pert by David Kinder 



Creates a very nice looking postscript calen- 
dar. By default^ PCai simply prints an omply 

calenc^r. Its real power Js In its abJUty lo 



KtngCON 

A co^SOte-handler Ihat optLonaliy replaces the 
standard 'CON:' and 'RAW:' devices. It is 
100% compalitile, but adds soma VEFlV use- 
ful features, such as: Filename- compietior^ 
(TAB-expangiorJi A review-buffsr: Intuition 
menus; Jump scror (FAAST ou^utl). Cursor- 
positioning: using the mouse; MC€SO£C- 
oplimized var^ion: And mors... VI.Ih requires 
0S2,x» binary only. By David Larsson 

LEbrpfyGuide 

An AmioaCiuide lile lh£t lists about 2lO curr- 
ent PD, Shareware attd Commercial 'li- 
braries" often found in Ihe LIBS: direi;tory and 
a simple description of ctif^ir purpose, version 
info, where to get them, etc May help you 
determine whether or rH?t you actually Ineed 
some of these spaceconsumlng things. Vl.l, 
an updale to Vi.O on disk nurr^er 942. By 
Dan Eigaard 

UChees 

A powerful version Of tfie program GinuCtwGS 
V4 for the Amiga. Plays a very strong aame 
of cties3. Code baa ts&en rowniten ana data 

structures reoi^nized for opSmal efficiency 
on 32 bit esOEO and better Amiga systems. 
Fully multitasking, automalicaity detects and 
supports 640X450X355 color AXjA mode ma- 
chines, and does not at any time BUSY wait. 
Requires e $9020/030^340 based .Amioa 
computer system wiih AmigaOS 2.t>4 or tafer 
and 4 Meg of ram minimum. Spectal "L" ver- 
sion opjimized for 6S040 and rSi^irSS 10 
Meg of ram minimum. Supports a variety of 
standard features su^h as load, save, edit 
6oafd, autoplay. swap sides, force move, 
undo, time Irmits, ihints, show Ihmking, end a 
supervisor mocJe that will allow Iwo numans 
to play with the computer acting as a "sjfw- 
visor". V2.78, inoJuoea source. TWs version 



be found on disk 97$. By FSF, Amiga Port by 
Roger Uiun 

CONTENTS OF Di»C97e 

MakeCot 

h^akes creating bcaie catalog files easiy. it 
makes catatogliles from ASCn Hies that con- 
tain the stiingis and ID numbers that should 
be included In the catelog. Reverse operaHon 
is also possible wllh UnMakeCat, sc tHat ex- 
istinn catalogs can easily be iranslaied or 
ctianged. Includes eyampfe of how to use lo- 
cale .nbrarv to read cataioas. VSS. 02 requires 
AmioaDOSS.I or later, Binary only, freevuare. 
By Cajnisi Rouweler 

A simple MAN coflimand^ known from UNIX 
systems. The advantage is, that it recognizee 
.guide Hies to be AmigaGuide documents. 



place "events" in appropriate days on lt>e oak 
endar, thus allowing the user to create per- 
sonalized calendai^. This is achieved through 
the use ot a "calendar.dal" file that has ex- 
traordinary tiexbili^. Sy Patrick Wood, Joe 
BrowrtJee, Andy fyts, el ai. 

COf^TENTS OF DISK 976 

Replex 

REPLaca EXecutatiie. This handy patch sub- 
stitutes crcgram names that are about to be 
executed, e.g. if an icon defauit tool specifies 
";iifMuchMore" and you prefer to use 
"cLTexlRead', you can have it deWned as 
such. You wont have to change tie Icon. 
This version al$o has a "catch" option to au- 
tcmalically a^ for a substitute it a tool wasn't 
found. Replex has a font sensithffi Intuition in- 
terface, a snap^iol option and an unlimited 
niHTtber of deTinitlMis, but requires AfTHoa- 
DOS V2.04 or later. V2.0, an updale to vi,0 
on disk number 79 1. Binary onlyH srtareware. 
By ASWare. by Ekke Vertieut 

UCtiess 

A powerful version of ttie program GnuOhess 
V4 for the Amiga, Plaj^ a vary strong game 
of dtess. Code has been rewritten ana data 
strucfures reoroanized for optimal elfici&noy 
01 32 Ml eSOzD and better Amjga syslems. 
Fully mullitaskincL automaticanv detects and 
supports e40X4€0X2Se cotor AGA mode ma- 
chines, and does not at any lime BUSY wait. 
Requires a 63020^030/040 based Amioa 
computer eystem v/ith AmigaOS S.04 or later 
and 4 Meg of ram minimum. Special "L" ver- 
sion optimized for 58O40 and requires 10 
Meg or rSffl mirtimiim. Supports a variety of 
Standard features such as load save, edi) 
board, autoplay, swap sidea^ forco move, 
undo, tinte limits, hints, show thinkingn and a 
supervisor mode thai will allow two Tiumans 
to play with the computer acting as a "super- 
visor". V2.73, inclkJdes source. This verSHin 
supports third party -graphics cards. This is 
part 1 ol a 2 pan dislrmition. Part 1 contains 
ihe execulables and documentation, part 2 
contains the soiwoe and can be found on disk 
&77. By FSF, Amiga F^jrt by Poger LPzun 

CONTENTS OF OfSK 977 

Forth 

An update to the MVP-Forth directory on 
Ammal-ibDtsk #9. Provided Is an imprcved, 
faster screen editor which uses Itte keyt}oard 
cursor keys, badopace and delete keys and 
function Keys which allow fast moving thru 
the screens, pasting from PAD and ttie pnnt- 
ing ot screen, triad or PAD to tlw printer port 
pri;. F1 Is the OOPs l(ey. Control Keys give 
fast editing. The controf iceys larid Funcaon 
keys can be repfogrammed by the user if de- 
srred. Runs on Amiga lOOO and aooo. PnDba- .. _, ... 

biy on Amiga SOO and 2000 [Untested]. By Mouse . t 

Fant^la Systems, inc. Updated by John Bos remapping. 

is not a cd 



MAN then uses a dlHerant vievfer •' y^^ t: 
display itw AmigaGulda docu^T- --■ - 
more MAN recognizes TeX-DV - : : . : - 
using a different viewer to disp i . ■ - t - 
may configure MAN .using c:.l::--± 
variables, vl.l la, puWlc domaLru zx±i^^ 
source. By Kal lsl«e 

Mis«rPrint 

A print utility that puts up to & nom^ ps^ 
of text on one sheet ol paper. You are ^de te 
save paper and time. MiSerPrint uses 9m 
smaL built-in fonts {Courier and Letter taoet: 
of ttie HP-Deskjet printers. Vi.ii, an i<k^ 
to VI.O on disk number 926. Fl^uires VS 
2,04 qr higher binary only, giftwaraL m 
Heinz-Guenler Boettger 

MouseC^lock 

A tiardware/sottware project oF a tcj* Qcst 
very small external battery backed up dio? 
calendar for ail Amigas (especially For At?x 
AEOO. Aeoo). It Is connected to the rr^ouse 
port ff2. VI. £2, Shareware, includes souns: 
By Achiano IDs Minlcis 

NflwEdIt 

A commodity, that patches all string oadge^ 



of the system (bottsri it mstaEla a giobei 
edithook for the string gadgets). Beskies^" 
new edit furtctionsH NewEdll eupports • 



(adgets). Beskie^ 

, ..JvrEdil eupports _ 

and paste ol text between the clipboard ; 
stringL gadgets. Vi.S, includes source, t^ 
Uwe Roehm, based on world by Oliver W^p- 



RachelVallsy 

A 256 colour and 16 colour IFF picture t* 
'Rachel PaccocHi* resting after a hike. Tnese 
pldurea are suitabte aiwB backdrops mS^ 
ihe right sottware. By Les Dieiz 

COm-ENTS OF DISK 979 

KeysPlease 

Dteptays a r^ce rendition of the Amiga key- 
board and allows you to either elk* on a key- 
gadget or press a key to !tr»d that key s ra*- 
oode or asci value. Codes are diaprayed •« 
both decimal and hexldecimal. Vl.^,lilnffly 

only. By Brian Koelling 

MQUsaAtdflDEMO 

A DBtAO version o( a "f^flouse' utility wmch 
has all the standard luncHons: Acceleratior 
wiih ihreshcid. window and screen cycling by 
nwuse and keyl»ard, mouse and screen 
blanking, mouse and AutO-Activation. usa 

■twt key" command. Keyboard Strintf 

macros^ etc. But also has many functions om- 
er "f\,«ouse'' prurams do IVOT. siKh as; 
Shetl-Cydr™, l<ey Ciiciung, Mousft Port 
switctvng KeyCkising, Multi-lcotvSelect with 
Mouse. Middle Mouse Bunon Wirtdowir>g, 
EZ-Date generaitlon. WB to Ihe front functfon. 
Ez-Dragging and Sizing. I^y z^ptngi Freez- 
ing Mouse and Keyt>oard of all input, eta 
Mew tealiNW an easy to use Pop-Up 2.xx 
etyie intuition intartace {that functions In 1.3) 
and the abiriy to function conectly In all ihe 
new screen mode@l Written in assembly for 
elThCiency In size and CPU usage. Vernon 
v9.8le, an update to version vS.-S^a on dl$k 
B92. Binary only. By Thomas J. C2arneckl 

C^Meuse 

An unusually small and leature-pacKec: 
"nnouse utility^. Was inspired by, but not de- 
rived from, the oriqinal QN4ouse by Lyman 
Epp. Features inoluoe automatic window acti- 
vation (llhe WindX), top-line blanking lor 

A^00/ASO3O users, syslwn fnondiy mouss 

blanking, mouse acceleration and/or thrash- 

oW, "Pop-CLT, ciii*- to-front^back, "Sun- 
Mouse", '^NoGlick-. 'WildStai^, Northgate key 
F__ ^1^ j^|^jg_ Requires KS 2.0, but 



is noTa commodi^. Only 3K. V£.90, an up- 
date to va.30 on di^ 802. Public donwin, as- 
sembly source included. By Dan Babcock 

SnoopLllis 

A clevef tool for developers and others with a 
rrror-e- Ihanusu^ interest in the lurtclionlng o* 
lasks, to patch and monitor any iibrary- 
function-call From a certain task. The OUtpul- 
formats can be changed and the resuFts can 
be prlTited to a window, a It1e or printer. Onty 
for kS v37(+). Includes six ",sl" files tltbrary 
data) and a tool (td2sl * source) to ada mora. 
C^mes with sn AmigaOuid* manual. Versron 
0.9. first public release. By ASWace, by Ekke 
Verheul & D\&, Roisig 

Start Wim:low 

ConfiguraWe WB "launch-program" type util- 
ity. C^ens a zipwindow that ¥vhen aclivatec. 
presents ttie user with a Jistvrindow of pre- 
coniigured^ commanas. Ideal for those com- 
mand used infrequently enough that you 
dent want a dock-icon dTutlering up your Vi«^ 
for- indudes source tat both English and Ger- 
man versions. By Heinz Relnert 

SuperDuper 

An excillng, high-speed disl* copier and lot 
matter. Typlcanimlngs are 993 for a dtsk-to- 
disk verified eopy, or 36? for & four disk non- 
verified format. Also available are buffsnng in 
RAM. on a hard disk image file or on any sec- 
lorbased Amiga device, like RAD:, vDO;. 
FMSl, etc. RcSi-time compression using tue 
Xpk standard allows to oopy in one pass 
most disks on 1 M Amigas, especially in con- 
junction with a special utlBty whfch "hides ex- 
ternal drives to the system (but not to Su- 
perDuper). Bells and whistles include hi* 
density floppy support, voice, automatic da» 
increment, a ilst o( the disks copied, and eiJ- 
tomatic start of operations based on am ^ 
sertionfeiection sensing- Worths on any Amigs 
under 2.0 and beyond. The changes tram 
V3.0 are mainly bug fixes and some new f» 
tures, namely opbonal simple refresh win- 
dows, itw new f^cStartup switch, automate 
source disk reads, and better wirtdaw man- 
agement. V3.1. an update to va.o on (ftsit 

numtier 903. Binary only, freeware. By S«- 

bafitiano VIgna 

CONTENTS OF DISK 980 

APipe 

The 'At^ipe-Handler' allows you to atki tr^e 
'APIPE'' DOS de^^oe to your system. This de- 
vice acts as a pipe between Iwo prograts. 
but in a different manner than Ihe standaro 
PIPE:' device ctoes. This handler intatprets 
Ifw tejft after the 'APIPE;' prefix as a co*tf- 
mand line to execute, and the prty 
cessi'commflnd which opens the file indtcac^d 
by the mention o( 'APiPE:' can now read f» 
s&ndard output Or \Mrlte the standard mptS a 
the program indlcaled fciy the command fr* 



78 



i 



dependim on whether Ihe 'APIPE:' fits W9S 
opened for reading ot writing, Tespec!iv*ly, 
TTiufi, [lie oDBniiQ ar> 'APlPE fife is analo- 
gous to the Ur^i?; pOfjenO' cai'- but it is mow 

wtdety av^labbe to the U96i. Complete source 
is irtrJiuded and san ba used as sn exannpte 
of a handler. VS7.S, art update lo V37,4 oi 
disk number 7S3. By Pei Bojsen 

hwgptcs 

A 3 part distriOtrtion of an RCS S-6.0.1 port to 
itie Amiga, curr^nd/ a) patch lave] 8. Part 1 
contains the binaries and dociimenlatlon in 
Arriigadu^^ 3^ "man' farmar pan 2 con- 
tains the Eourc« cads to RCS. and part 3 
conialns the source code and binaries for 
patth and diffuiils. The Revision ControE Sys- 
E&TTi (RCS) ETianages rrultiple revisians of t^iXt 
files. ACS automates the storing, reirieval, 
togging, idenlificalion, and meraing o( revt- 
sia-r^s. NCS is useful for lext ttvat is revised 
frequeni)/, for ex9rTip|ie; prograrns, dociiman- 
lation, graphics, papers, form letters, ate. In- 
ducted flre RCS 5.S, GNU diffutiJs 2.6 and an 
LP Ulidlty TO si^pport paged diFF cuiputs. Part 1 
on disl< 990, P^ 2 IS on di£j<: ^1 afydpart 3 
fs on disk 9e2. &y Walter Tichy, Paul EQgert. 
Hainz Wrcbel 

CONTENTS OFD45K 981 

BootUtfl 

A Jtilfty to enable moce oKier software work 
on SiE Amiga 1 EOO and 4O00 series. It i& atgo 
useful for users with accelerators. Requires 
KS 2 Or above. Binary onty. By Paul Toyw 

CloudsAGA 

The program creates ran^fom cEoucte whfc* 
you rnigrit us& in ycur paint prograjn, as a 
iQHtLire in a ray tracing program or as a back- 
ground tor your WB. Use? ail AG A resolu- 
flona. Now raquires WB 2.0 or higher V1.0S. 
a complete rewn'te in OBERON-2, Removed 
more Enforcer hits. Public domain, includes 
soufte in OBEFlOhi-£. By Daniel Amor 

CanPa-Ste 

Cor Paste is a. 2.0 cornmodity Ihat aiJows you 



to paste clipped le^l into anyjhing. Paste mlo 
etrina gadgeiSr Paste Into snv Is^ appi>ca- 
tion.nn (his new version, ConPaste dfOps its 



priority tiy 1 vit\^n pasting XffUl to aJIcw suRi- 
dent processar lima tor ine recsiving task or 
window to process the tewl. When you press 
_ _,_ . i._. -- '-Ycointiinafion, Con- 

found in clipboard 



a user- denned key or key combination, Con- 
Paste will taki arty FTXT found in clipboard 
unit 0, convert the lej^t back li>to input events, 



and Send tha inpul evenrts into the input 
stream. The Output wlH go to the active win- 
dow Of string gadget, V37.25, &n update lo 
the version disl'ibuted wKh ClipV\flndow bf 
Jim Ha<vey, on disl; ■935, Qy Cajo^tyn Schepp- 
FKr 

HuntWindlows 

Starting with 2.0 you can make aereena big- 
ger than the visual size of your monitor. On a 
double-size WB, calching windows like re- 
guesters etc. can be quite annoying at Irmes, 
This iSWe irtitity hangs rtseif on Ifte vBi iVerti- 
cal Blank Intenruptj to find out which window 
is being activated and moves (he screen to 
show tne winoow in full view. V3.3, ai^ update 
to VI. 4 on disk jtumbsr 774. includes, source 
in assembler. By Jrg BuUa^ 

HWGRCS 

A 3 part distribution of an RCS 5,$,Ci.1 porl to 
the Aml^a, cm^ently at paicfi level S. Pari i 
contains ifie binaries and (iocumenlation in 
AmigaGuide and "rtan" format, part 2 con- 
tains the source code lo RCS, and pfirl 3 
contaitts the ^jr<^ code a-nd brnarles for 
patch and dJffutih. The Revision ConHol Sys- 
tem (RC&j manages mulMpte revisions of text 
tiies. RCs automates the StOrn'g, Tetieval, 
log^jn^ identiflcalian, find merging of revi- 
sions. RCS is useful for teKt that is revtsed 
frequently, foreiampie: programs, ctocuimen- 
ration, graphics^ papers form fetters, etc. In^ 
Ciuded are RCS 5.6, GI^U drffuUia E.6 and an 
LP utiltty to support paged diff outputs, Part 1 
on disk 980, pari 2 is on disk 9B1 . ajidoart 3 
is on d3Sl( Sd2. By Waiter Tictiy. Paul ^geal, 
Heinz Wfobel 

CONTENTS 0FPISK9S2 

S^n^Hunk 

Conv^art any biniary lilt EP an AinigalX>S fninh 
(at object ^\&\ ttiai can ba Tnhed with your 
finher into yw program. This is most useful 
whi^n you wish some fonn q-f data to be a part 
of yaur eMeculabie. This dala can be sound 
sample, images, tsxt, orwhatover. Sports a 
PoaoArqsQ CLI interface, as wsi] as a Gad- 
Tools insuflton inleifeca. Mamory !ype aptii?ns 
include AI4r, CHIP and PAST. Allows nam- 
ing of your hunks. An optional data item con- 
taining the size of your data can also be 
specified. V2,2, binary only. By Bitan Koatting 

HWQRCS 

A 3 part dislnljution ol an HCS 5.6.0.1 port to 

6tB Amiga, ou/rendy at paicFi level B. Part 1 

contains tfie binariea and documgntation in 
AmigaC^uida arwJ "man" format, part 3 rwn^ 
tain$ the source code to RCS, and pari 3 
contains the source cede and binaries lor 
patch and diffultia. Th.e Revision Contra] Sys- 
ram (PCS) manages mutlipFe revisians of ta>rt 
tiies. RCS aul3Dmates the storing, letnsval, 
logging identificaUon, and merging of revi- 
sions. HCS r.s u^lul for text ttiat js rsvised 
frequently, for ex^npie: progi^ris, documen- 
tation, graphics, papers , form E&tters, etc. In- 
cluded are RCS s.6^ G^JU drffuiiJs 2.6 and an 
LP utility to support paged diff outputs.. Part 1 
on disk 9M, part 2 is on disk 9B1 , and_part 3 
fs 01 disk 962. By Walter Tichy, Paul Eggert, 
Heinz Wiobei 

JoyRide 

A commodity thai provWes an (ntiHlton front- 
end for joysHck events. This has some nice 
ad^^anlages for both users and programnneo, 
Basic features are a simple icvstick interface, 
application siiafeable joysfrck events, ^id 
loyslid^ events now pass through the in- 
pLn,devtce stream, V1,0, includes source to 
example test program. By Brian Koottirtg 

CONTENTS OF DISK S»3 

CacsiLoekExt 

A Commodity thai exterHls tlie effect of ir>e 

CapeLoc^ hey to e^rery key on the keyboard, 
ana afiows tf>e Shifi key to temporaj-ify cancel 
ihe CapsLock l(ey. This causes Cap&Lock to 
act lik* a SHIFT-rock key on a typewriter. Re- 
quires OS 2,04 or fiigfier, Vi.O, includes 
source in assemdiiy. By Douglas Nelson 



Fa^PFG 

FaslJPEG Is a fast JPEG picture viewer. Be- 
sides boing fast, it has many other advan^ 
tages. An impcrtant oQai was to not trade 
quality for spe&d. in (act, FasUPEfii is bdth 
fast and has an SKcelient quaflly. Most Other 
JPEG viewers eitfier produce ugly pictures, 
or need ages to perform the conversion lo 
HAM modB. ^1,10, binary only, By ChrlstOph 
Feck 

Harridan 

A 'Reminder' type program for your Startup- 
sequence. Eacfi time you boot. Harridan will 
check your eve nt li st, if an event is 'due' , Har- 
ridan opens a window to remind you. if noth- 
ing Is due', you're not bolher&d. Designed 
uridw Amiga DOS 2.D4 and takes advanlago 
of all Us easy to use feetore&. VI ,0, binary 
only. By Andy Maxey 

TitleClock 

A Jrttle commodity {about 4k) thai throws up a 
ckjch in itie top rigrit corner of a screen's title^ 
bar, it mafy be set up to dispfav ftseif en one 
Or more screens without lurtning multiple 
copies of ftie program. It may aiao be set 10 
follow your defauft public screen and also to 
aJways dispJay on the frontmosl screen, V3,3, 
an update to v2.7 on disk numb^er 949, Free- 
ware, incEjdes source. By Anders Hammar- 
quisi 

Vjewlak 

A feature packed Piclure/Animatlon Viewer, 
Shows most iL^^'s {inducting 24~bii iLBh^'s], 
n^OS't Qompuserve dlF ^rnngt trrages, mgat 
JplF format JPEG imag*S and most ANIM 
Op^S formal animations, witli support for dif- 
ferent palelles for each frame. Supports 
SHAM CTBL, and PCHQ images, full sup- 
port of ECSAQA display modes (ie. show 
256 color GiPs directly, show BOOxBOO HAM 
animationsK etc,}. Supports viewing conients 
of Ciipb^nard. iCOnifioa to a WB Applccm. In- 
eludes versions for DCTV, EGS, l\/-24, 
Retina, Firecracker, OpaJ Vision, and Picasso. 
Requires AmigaDOS E.CW or later. VE.1, an 
update to VI .OS on disk 903, binary only. By 
Tnomas Kreh^el 

Vass 

Yet Anothar Screen Selector, a commodity 
with sai'sral nice features siJCh ae: Com- 
pletely cojitrollabto via k^s^oard (of course 
you can use your mouse, ft you really waJ>t 



foV Shows Screens and Windows foptioft); 
Snows PubiicScreennama or ScreenTrtfe (op- 
lion); Ability to change the defauil Pirbfic 
screen; Opeiss window even on non'public 
screens (option). Font'sansilave; Resizeable 
window. v2.Q, an update to VI. 1 on diaik 
number S46, Binary only. By Albert Schneid- 
er 

co^fTB^^^£ of disk sa4 

AGIndex 

Creaies an index for AmigaGufde dooumer^. 
Indicies are sorted aiphabeticaEly and CSA be 

accessed (In AmisaQuids) by pressing Ihe 
'lnde:!c' button. Index entries can be eKtracted 
(rom the souice document using two different 
selecling melhoda; by reference or by decla- 
ration- 'y'1.04, OS2.0 and highef, binary only, 
freeware By Camiel Rouweter 

F*rceloor 

A utility mainly for users of CD-POW drfves- 
Sinoe one can not snapshot the poBlEfon of a 
volume's iccnr nor replace it cy a user- 
defined one, Ihis utHitv was written. Force- 
k»n alkiw& you to set the position of a disk's 
Icon and/or replace il by a different Im- 
age/lcon whicti doesn't have to be adisk.info 
file. All types of Mnfo" flies may be selected. 
■GiiHWare, Vf .4h indudes source. By Kai Iske 

tconToClip 

A Flnh between Ihe WQ and the Srieti. it adds 
an rtern to the Tools menu ttiat, when Selod- 
ed. puts the name of any highligfited icon irsto 
the Clipboard, from which itcan be pasted lo 
the Stiell or any other program that uses the 
Amiga Clipboard. iHas an opibn for Writing 
the TuFl pathname. Can handle multiple icon 
selectkins, witting the names in row or col- 
umn format. Can also be used as an AppV^n- 
dow. Requires 2.04 er higher. V^.O, Includeis 
source in aseemt>ly. By Douglas Nelson 

Impfoder 

The imploder allows you to reduce the sl£e of 
eKecutable iiies while having them retain their 
fuli functionality. There are other "crunchers" 
or "packers" aifailabie for the ^miga, but 
none are as mindful of the compiexilies 0-f 
your Amiga system as the Imploder. In addi- 
tion to this, its algorithms ape more etficlent. 
both in tentis ol speed, and sUe redL^otion. 
V4,0, binary only. By Alber:-Jan Brouwer, 
Pe^er Struijk, Envm 2wart, Paul van der Valk 

rwA 

A Gommodrty Ihat rememtiera the last active 
window or any screan. If Scrsens flje shuf- 
fled, the winaow is automatitally re-aetivated' 
when that screen is brought to fronl. Vl.4, an 
update lo V1 .2 on disk number B74. This ver- 
siOn fixes a probism which made Jt impossi- 
ble to aLrtosr:JDli on a screen which is partiaJiy 
in the background. Binary Only. By Matthias 
Scheter 

WindDwDaemon 

Gives Bxtendad control to intuition windows 
and screens Ttirough HotKeys and Arera, 
Features^ Commodiwes Support; HotKSy and 
ArBKX support to manipulate the cunentTy ac- 
tive window and screen. Standard window 
controls are available such as Zip, Ctosa, 
Size, ToFront, ToBack, NejttScreen, etc. Able 
to rslose thSjJarenl window ol a drawer when 
operwd on "7^8= if CONTROL is held down. 
{Only available undar K5 V39 or higher): 
Specialised OpUons to forcefully close win- 
dows and screens, and also lo remove tasks 
that own Itie active window. VI .6, binary only. 
By David Swasbroolt 

C0NTBMTS0FDISK9SS 

AGAIfl 

An iFF-to-RAW converter which can load all 
ILBM graphics supported by the AQA chipset. 
It b also able to save 24 Bit cdors and 
sprites wider ifian 16 pixels. Borne features 
make this program qiiile attractive: Coded as 
a Commodity: Coded completely in fast Ash 
sembler; pQnt.sensitivs Usef int^rtace; 
'MANYh different save fonnats; Powarful 
AReKxort^ supporting ail stuff from tha QiJli, 



Rur>3 even from smel Assembler Workdisks 
if you don't need ARexx, Hotkey and all Dls- 
playmodes; ... aru^ rmore I Manual in Ami- 
gatiuide formal. Vi.O, first release. Requires 
OS 3.0 or later. By Michael Krau» 

ILBMKtIlef 

An EFpyAGA JLBM filfl VFewer. Has optionat 
delete facNLty that alEows you to sift though 
iarga OQll^tions of pir^ures keeping oniy'tne 
ones you want. Vi.O, includes soL^ca in Blitz 
BasJC. ^y PaVId, Coratie Tucker 

LEn«e 

Ajt OS friartdly game, played with the mouse, 
uvhore (he goai is to draw as many lines as 
you can, obeying the rules. The basic rules 
are that only eight directions (tiorizontai, vedi- 
cai and diagonal] are allowed, a line Is ex- 
actly five points long, and each new line can 
include al most one puint that was leSed in a 
previous line. Inriudes both PAL and NTSC 
versions. V2,4. binary only. By Mika KorTe- 
laJnen 

NawlFF 

Commodore IFF code nnodt^es and exam. 
pies for OS i,3 through 3.>:, Cods requir&s 
V3^+ Includes to compile, and under 1,3 re- 
quires Ihe V37 iffioarse,ill5rary io run. Exam- 
ples include handmai AA display, tirush load- 
ing. BSVX plaiying, dfpboard FTXT read- 
ing/V^rltlhgfr etc, v39,ti. Includes sogrc* in c. 
By CBM, submitted by Carolyn Scheppn^r 

NewTool 

A program that will quicMy replace ihe dafaoti 

toaJ in project icons. f^ewTool allows you fo 
Specify Ihe default looi to use, use a nle re- 



questor to ack Ihs defautt tool, or it wilt aulO" 
maticaily cnaose the proper tool depending 
on the file type using Whatis libFary, This ver- 



sion is a complete rewrite frcwn v37.303 which 
appeared on disk 947, and is now more styie 
guide j^onnpiiant, Aiso included is WewTool- 
Pcgfs vt.i which is a GUI to auicklv and eas- 
ily edrt your NfewToois.prefs file. V2.6, binary 
only. By MFchael J Barsoom 

SmsltPJayer 

A small player for lho» deadly big modules. 

The fite is less than 10k. Plays powerpacked 
Pcoleacker modules. vi,Oa. first puWlc 
release. Binary only, public domain. Requires 
AmlgaDQS ^.u4 at above. By Hallvard Kore- 
gaafd 

CONTENTS OF DISK 9Be 

FI>PrD2DgrTto 

Demo of Jaeger Software Inc's VJVJW flight 
simulaloT for the Amiga. It has full support ror 
analog joystick and rudder pedals and runs in 
Hi-res interlace or in OBL NTSC/PAL on AGA 
machines, By Bill Mandsrs, Matt Sf>aw, Drew 
Oorman, Ted Jump 

MeMon 

An intuition-baserj ulflity that allows you to 
monitor or cha™e specific memory adoreas- 
es. User may select eyie, v^ordn or long word 
aiignmenl □ isplays in binary, hex , ar>d 
signed or uneigned decimal- Also uselul for 
displaying ascn codes of various character 
key nn^plnqs ar^or as a hex^inary/declmal 
corvefler. tFi.i. an updaie to Vi.O on disk 
number 769. Binary onV By David Ekhrtm 

P|i&n«drr 

ParsonaE Pho n sdirectorv ia a database for 
ad'dresses and phone numbers. It can also 
dial the numbars auiomatically. its window 
can be hidden, and shown agam by seiet^ng 
from Ihe WB Toois menu. VSNOr 3" update to 
V1.C on disk Si44. Birtary only, freeware. Re- 
quires AmigaDOS 2.04 or above. By Haltvaid 
Korsgaard 

WBraif} 

A Thinking game tot ihe wa. The player must 
reproduce a random p^ttarn by fillirtg irv s. grid 
irii the eanect order. The difficutty ranges from 
moderately easy lo Impossible. Xises very lit- 
tle CPU time and very little memory, so is ide- 
al for playing while raytra!::ing, etc. Requires 
052,0+, Va?1a, and update To VI .2 on disk 
number 91 S. Binary oi^y. freeware. By Sean 
Russell 



Th!& software package aiifVbVf you to de- 
crunch nearly every cnjftcJied file known to 
■he Amigia. if ocmslsis of the xfdmaster. library 
es the breln and $ couple of programs that of- 
fer certain functions to the user. Tha rfdmas- 
te^ library, successor of ihe d scrunch. library, 
is a standard Amiga shared mntime library, it 
wofks with KS Vas-i- and offers appkcattons 
the possibiiiiy to directly suppc^n cmnchBd 
ibies of any kino. Vl .00, binary only. By Georg 
Hrmann 

CONTEhLTS OF DISK fi$7 

CftFc 

An HPN (RevefSB Polish Notation) caicolalof 
with a 7- element slack window, includes fre 
stan^rd arithmetic oparators, fAus swap, 
drop, power, root, nafutal log, exponential, 
sin, cos, tan, an:^n, arocos, arctan ang 
hex/decimal display modes, V2.0, binary on- 
ly. By Sean Ruaser 

Hlfitory 

This is a S.OAi3.f3}3.^ comjMtibile voreioh of 

the history command. It allows lEslino, saving, 

loading, and eitecution of the standard oon- 
handier command sine history. V37,S, binary 
only. By Andy Finkel 

LhSFX 

An oldie, but goodie, that somehow missed 
getting inctiKded in the AmigaLlbDIsks, UiSFX 
IS a self- eKtraoting archive creator, Updale 
from the original program written, by Mike 
Kennedy, Now uses a file requester. Has 
many bugs fi;ied. Vl,5, freewBre, includes 
source in assemblar. 5.y Raff Tbanner, Mike 
Kennedy 

LoanCflifc 

A mortgage/k>an calcufation utiirty, Afthaugh 
similar programs exist, this ana is unique in 
that it is designed to Hack 'Oper' mortgages 
that allow any size payment to be made at 
ary time, as well as providing a pnnted Amor- 
tEzation Table for Fined mortgages with 
monthly, semi-fnonthlyn bi-weei^iy and weeidy 
payment re- schedules. V2.0j an update to 
v1.4 on disV number 432. Binary only, gift- 
ware. B^ Robert Bromley 

HCaic 



MUlPfoCalc is a MUFbased t_. 

like Jimmy Yang's Caic 3Ji- k s 

plotter, bui It offers a qiito ir^ 

ciilty for irtsenvng prevw^ t 

Stona. Diff^fent outpyl fonr" 

plenty of furvr^lions ihe user n 

Furflwrmofa the look of the c 

cuslomized. it c^rs an AF 

may be used to let f^UEPtoCalc i 

wilfiin an editor for example. 

may return a TeX compaliDle oiAil:, wt 

may bB used within a mathsmaljca T^ m 

ronment. Results (s inputs may be cofieti IE 

ttie Clipboard. This version fixes some t 



r^^ 



Requires MUl {MagicUserinterfaoe by L 

etuntzj GiftWare, VI .3, includes source, Bf 



CONTENTS OF DISK &SS 

bOua 

A simple GUI-basisd util Ity that solves 
guadfailc equations. WOO. includes sourc« 
in Highspeed pascal. By Lee Kindness 

MegeBall 

Classic amiga action gamel Comes. wl|h iwo 
graphics fil?s, one thai l^ts it run pn older 
flmigas (even ones running WB 1.2!J. antJ 
another thai iet& it lake ^dv^ntag^ of dazzling 
24-bil AGA araohies if ya ^ot 'eml Packeo 
witfi a whofe Duncti of eKclltng nev/ fealures, 
music and boards. Dooumemaii^on in Ami- 
gad ulde format. V3.0, sharewaie, binary on- 
vf. By Ed Mackoy 

MamClsdr 

A tool for programmers whiqfi His unused 
memory chunks with zeros or arry other byta 

value, in addition to thai, it is a pure replace- 
ment tor 'Avail' and can flush unused system 
resources, such as libraries, devices , and 
fonts. The memory type to be tilEsd can be 
sefected {chipmem, faslmem, both). II also 
warns if a defective memorv stnictore is rec- 
ognized, Vl,&, binary only, freeware. By Half 
Thanner 

COrfTENTS OF DISK 989 

ArttiCictoVir 

A linh vinjs deieclor and OKtefmJnator, Also 
detects other types of vlrt. This version can 
detect: i26 Bw^lock; i7 Unk; Z& File: 7 
Dlek-Validator; 1 4 Trojans; and a Bermbe; Au- 
tomatFcally checks each inserted disk for bcoi 
block and'^ disk-validator viruses. Can scan all 
files of a specified directory far known Jlnlt 
viruses, and constantly monftors memory and 
system vectors. '^2.1, an update to VZO on 
disk number S66. Binary only, freeware. By 
Matthias f^uEl 

Fliplt 

A commodity thai lefs you install hotkeys for 
flipping ihrough screens, Fliplt lets you spec- 
ify a hotkey fo push the frontmast screen to 
tha back, and a hotkey to bring Ihe raarmoal 
screen to the Iront, This is useful when using 
programs Uiat do not have depth oadgels on 
iheir screens, V1,0, WB2,0+ requirod, BJnaay 
only. By Ulchael J Barsoom. 

PlOCOh 

PleCon is short for "Picture Converter". This 
Is a ulElitv made for programmers, which will 
convert FFF ILSMs plus any picture Inrmat 
you've got support for in your datatypes ti- 
orary to an appropriate image format. This is 
an assentiai stage mainly in the development 
of games, but is also useful in development 
ol other software ^iike demcs, applications, 
etc.]. Mo! oniy wliofa pictures can be convert- 
ed, but a!sG pads ol pictures can be cut Out to 
be saved as e,g, sjmtes or small bilplanes. 
V2,tH, binary only. By Morten En ksen 

VlrusZll 

Release 11 of ttils popular virus detector that 
now recognizes 279 bool aixl 145 I'lle virus- 
es. The fiiechecker can atsa decruncfl files 
for testing. The memory clieeker removes ail 
Jtnown viruses from memory wjrthotit 'Gimj 
Meditation' and checks memory for viruses 
regularly, 'h/irusZ has easy to use intuHionized 
manue jnduding keyouls fof both beginners 
and experienced users. Release li versions 
of VinjsS require 0S2,O+. This Is Release II 
Vl.03, an upgrade to Release il Vi.O gn disk 
number ^4^. Binary only, shareware. By 
Georg Hrmann 

COf<TEh(TSOFDISK$« 

BootWriter 

A bootblock installer with mar^y featuies. Vow 
can install either an officia! bootblocV, ar in- 
built one with the possibility to enter ?oma 
textf or any other bootblock of your ohotsa_ 
SootblocKs can be saved and loaded as ei- 
ther normal or powerpacked flies. Bootbhx* 
fifes &id disks' bootblotl<& are cheeked for 
viruses usiro the recognition code of WusZ, 
and, if available, the bootbiock.JIbraPr' and 
brainfile (BBBF). There are about 550 dffter- 
en boolblocjts recognized. All filing system.S 
are supported. This padtage also oomainj 
the assembler includes for the Boot- 
block.library which were missing on AmigaL- 
ibDisJt919. VI, 2. binary onfy, Ireewajie. By 
Rait Thanner 

scsiutfi ^^^, , , 

CLI utility to issue commands to a SCSI disk 
using a epecific SCSI id number. Commands 
include inquiry, seek, start/stop motor, read 
seclor{s], pJay audio CO sectors., insert, eject, 
read c^Loacily, eic. V2.02, an update to 
V1.01E on disk BBS. Includes source in C. By 
Gary Duncan 

Demo version ol a StOClfS analysis program. 
Provides poweHul technical analysis using 
numerous studies incfuding Candlesticks, tra- 
dilionai bar charts, 3 moving averages. 
fvlACD, Stoehastics, Gartn, Trend UrveSrWt, 
Average Volume and mOrfi , El gerwr^BS 
buy;s€ll signals based on oustcmiiabte trad- 
ing rules and graphs daily, weeMy, aiti 
monthly charts using a simpla ASCEI oata fle 
format ccmpalabie with CompuServe flialDii- 
cal daita. Displays on WB or t^uskvn fUifc 
Screen, includes on-line AmiQaGiida hdp 
text. va.04a, an update io v3.Q2s on da 
§S4. Binary only. By James Ph!^}fiou. Bug- 
Free Devefepmant 

C0NTEr^3 OF DISK 991 

ASwarmll 

A 'high security' Scts^e^iasiar canaBiMf 
{will not btmnn the pho^jhor wm itfvi tm 



79 



: -^'|. Bssed koosa^ upon Jeff 

tjswaiin' for XII Windowirig 

- infs tram 1-10 "wasps' being 

"->J0 T>w&'- Server will tHanfe 

:^ i^eriods of htah CPU usaaa. 

■- A- .5a OS 2.fl4 ancTMUl 1.4 or fat- 

i-u. an L^Jdate to VI .3 on disk ?*0. in- 

[ sDuruSc By Marcus Illens6<tr, ^^aKl1i9S 



/m mObr for coion thai cai be displayed us- 
inftaAmiaa's CDPFEP. Tfiia peuoram was 
Hte tv PROGRAMMERS. Vt.^ ^nary on- 



An con edlEor Ihat supports OB 3-» Punctuns^ 
AGA (Ssptay mode? such as paletta shsrlpg, 
and 25$ fxivs- Iconim should do avsrything 
IconEOif can, and mots. rFF brusties ar& 
(emsjwad to the curreni W& screen colors, 
u^Ttg The new palotte sharLr^ (unctions urtder 
KS S,x. A.II common drawing loote are pre- 
sent. incHudjns b&vei boxes. Seva4^ resizaibte 
■urindawS are used, Vl ,90, shaTevcar^f binary 
oniy. By Chad Randall 

yUBCommodLty 

THE utamate uflffly lor the S-bunwrFiousc- 
owner. Nsar Irae ds'^nrtiCin for the midbuttorL,, 
rnore qualifiers in corjiurtction with the ri^hl 
button etc. Requires OS 2.0. VI.O. a-iRware, 
binary only. By HoJand Janus 

PitSc 

Hav9 yotr ever noticed Ihet tl>sre Is ^ PrtSc 
key on the numarjc keypad? This prograin 
maizes W workl 3y pressing ilie PrtSc key on 
your keypad, you ^i^t a sciesn dump to your 
wirrter. riowii irKJudes a GadTools interface 
K» belter 1o*1<s and iTie ability to dump the 
screen to a file iftstead 0I the pf inter if de- 
sired, VI. 7a, an updale to Vt.fiS &n disk 
number 345. Fieeware. includes eourca in 
ass^nb^r. By Jan Hagqvlst 

SniartCBChc 

A small (aibaut 3K) 100'^^ assembly language 
prtigram tha! patclies Itwlf into the irack- 
dislT.deviice' w preside a whots cyiirvdar 
'Cacti ing' mechanism toi &i\ the Iteppy disk 
drivHs (including the new HD floppy orive?) 
that you have connecied to your Amiga. This 
program has bseo deajgned \o boosJ lbs flop- 
py pBrformance by using youi exces« 
mennory in a shared cache scheffiSr This pro- 
nram is. a must for fJoppy based systems, that 
nave the free merrwryl Testea under 1.3 
ihEouoh 2.1, VI ,77a, binat^ only. By Ttiomas 
J, Czarnecki 

COrJTENT$ OF DISK «92 

_,. .■'■cs'h! Main fealure'E"' include over 100 
built In commands, vo lunctions, new system 
^^arJables, flle nam# complelton, freal/ pro- 
grammable eominand lino editing, ffl^ class- 
es, auto cd, lazy od^ jnlttilion m^nus for the 
shell window, autorrratic RX-nno, k?cai 
'variables, %{ ), statement blocks, hign speed, 
plus much more, VS-37, an upoara 10 v5,3i 
on disk 889, Incltrtes source in c. By An- 
dreas M. KtschtifAi, et. al. 

CvberPftg«r 

AI1ow£ one to 5en<i ^ptia- numaric (i.e., fuil 
tsKt) me^sag^^ Eq a pager from an Amiga. 
This Is accomplished by dialirm Into an IXO 
protQCQl ccmpnant pager CBntral ard upload- 
ing messagas. FaatuFes include Alias nie for 
commonlv paged people to be relerred to by 
name rather than cryptic PIN numbers, 
'■Groups" ffle aflawinp messages to be easihy 
sent to many people worlung On ths same 
project, In tne game department, etc, sup- 
ports multiple pager central through a Ser- 
vices conhguration fjle, full ioggirtg al mes- 
sages SpcoTed. dlalDuE tempts, etc. Includes 
samptB reE( scripts to garerate automatic 
messages, page the cturrent person on duty, 
etc. ViT4. an update to Vl .2 on disk 907, and 
incorporates a couple bug Rxes. Ft also pro- 
vides suf^ort lor setvloes which require a r*- 
al pass^vord at iooln Hm$, Ttiie support vf\\\ r«- 

ajlro you to uposte your ^rvices file, Iti^ 
lude* source In C, By Chrisiepher A. Wshu- 



Kochtopls MagicWB icons {KMI] are sofne 
new icons for wagicWB by Wartjn Huttenla- 
her, [ncludas soma Directory icons, soma 
Prafe Icons, WBElaitup icons, and /nary 
ToQlmanagHT Docfc Icons. Sy Christian 
Schcrfz 

Wbam 

Activates or deacihratas programs ^at are 
run from ths WH-Stanup drawer. When run 
from the user-slartuo script holding' down the 
LEFTMOUSEBUTTON during boot up will 
popup the WB Startup Manager GUI. Since 
the user- startup scrfpE is SKecuted before the 
programs in the WB^tartup drawer are run, 
your Selection wii] be valid in Hiat very ses' 
9iDn, V1,£, binary only. By Herbie van 
Staveren 

CONTENTS OF DISK 993 

Fleuch 

A Irttle game with S9 extia larfje stages. The 
ebieot IS to pidiup up y^ur oarae and citmb 
SaiTely to ttte next stagSj without Leina shot or 
running into ar-ylhing, Of*cluding your cargo!). 
Scrolling, shooting, some gravitation, similar 
to Thiusi (C$4j. 9^.0, an updiate to v£.C 01^ 
disk nunrber 932. Binary only. By Karcten 
Soetze, Andreas Spreen 

IRMaeter 

Software/hardwiare projeict lo conlrol devicoe 
wUh an inffarfld renntMo control (tv s&tr ■cd 
player etc) with an amlga. UsJng tha IB- 

edifor you can build a remote control, leam 
Die ]R comfnands, and launch projects wiiii 



the IR-runner. That mean^ you can corntroi 
e.g. your tv set from the WB. v2.2, an updale 
to vl.O on disk Sia. Binary only_ By Jrgen 



I 



Frank, Mictiaei Wedi 

MUIFFR 

MUi Fide File Requa«l is a GUI fof selsclirig 
iiles frorr> a filoiistj whicti almo^ every F\- 
donsT mailbox provides for download. Tha list 
at sejected (ties 1$ written to a .REO-lile in 
jpour DiMjQund directory. The next tima yoj 
CStf up ycHtr Fido Boss these files are airto- 
maticalty downloaded by your Fidonet com- 
municalians samara, vl.i, Jndudas source 



in C By Martin Steppler 
CONTENTS OF DISK 994 

AcldPower 

A utility that adds some miscellaneous usaful 
features to (he 2.CH- OS. Includes: FFie re- 
questers in any jSrOgram, Stop drive cficking, 
fiX menus and p&n colors of pre-£,0 p^o- 
flrams, wildcard ' - fr?, make screen borders 
Diack, open any window on front Stieen. Ail 
features are Independently conflgurabte. WB 
and AmigaDOS interlaces with online Ami- 
gaGuide tfocumentatron. Va7,t4, an update 
to V37.6 on disk number 939, Binary only. By 
Ian J. Elnman 

Jukebox 

A program to play compact digitial audio dis- 
cs by emulating a graphical user inlerta[:e 
siFTtiFar to common cD_p!ayeFS. Supports vari- 
ous vendor's SCSI-CDROM- player. CD7V 
and ASTQ. \l provides a command line orisnl- 
ed, fully proprammabie AReior user iriiterface. 
as well. ¥1^530, an update 1q VI .2522 on 
disk SI 9. Shareware, bfnary onJy, By Franz- 
Jose( Rewhert 

TheGuru 

The Guiu te a pfogrann ihat Twites you iq un- 
derstarvJ Ihe tlranoe GURU message num- 
bers like BOOOOOOB. TtiJs is the first puhtlc 
retease. V2.3, binary only. By E-L>ensink 

ToorType 

A progTajn to make il easier to edit lodlypes 
tn icons. ToOlType will read Ihe tOOityp&S 
from an icon file and let yov jse your favorite 
eexi editor to ct\ange or add 10 i:ie iMliypes. 
TooTType can be run from shell, from WB, or 
set up as sn appicon. IncEudes an option to 
sort rhe tooltypes afphabeiitaity. V37.E10, an 
update la V37.a06 on disk 934. Binary Only, 
WB 2.0 or later required. By Michsal J Bar- 
SDom. 

CONTENTS OF DISK 995 

Browserll 

A "Programmar's WB". Allows you to easily 
and convor^ientiy move. Copy, rename, arw 
delete Itles & dirscteries using the mouse. Al- 
so provides a method to execule either WB 
or GLI programs by douhleciickrng them Or by 
selecting tnatn Irom a ParM like Msiu with 
Fots ol arguments. Uses whatis.Fibrary to de- 
tecl File types and executes commands based 
on rtrese. V2.43. an update to V2.13 on disk 
number a43_ Binary only, shareware. By Syl' 
vain Rpugier, Pierra Carrette 

FarM 

Parametrab^ Menu. Part^ allows you )o buiU 
menus to run your favorite IdoIs. PaM can 
Fur wograms either in WB or CLI ntodo. 
FarM can have its own Jittle window, can at' 
lach menus lo the CLI window you are ruh^ 
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buiEtin mousa accelerator, screen blanker, 
etc Available languages: angllsh, french, 
deutsch, italiano, rvorsk, svensl^^ dansk, 
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Whatls.library can detect fila types and is fully 
pai^metrable' by an ascli file, Vcu can de- 
scribe FIFe types ar>d th^y wiil ba recognized 
by the library. Includes a few tools (w/source) 
for ttia maalpuiaiion of filenarias. V4.0. an 
update to V3.4 on di^k number B43. Hequires 
C5s 2.0-I". Binary only. By Sylvain Rougier, 
Pierre Carrelte 

XprKermit 

An Amiga shared library which provides Ker- 
milt file Iransler riapabiFily lo any XPR- 
compatitle com muricaSons program . Sup- 
ports V2.0 of the ;<PR Protocol s^ciStation. 
In addition to (ixiig known buQS tn XPR Kef' 
mit 1.111, it adOs: sliding windows support, 
attribute packets, full update ot downlead sta- 
tus f number ol bytes transferred, time 
elapsed, time left} and many other features. 
V£,35. an update to Vl.S on disk number 
33Cr mcludee source. By Steptien Walton, 
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Aren 

An extension of the DU& Rename command^ 
Supports wildcards and allows you to change 
or remove part of a fiisname. VI. 2. shara^ 
ware, includes scurca in C. By ^4arc Mendez 

ECapy 

A utilrty to copy Ulas frcm mass storage de> 
vicgis onto floppy disks, so that it takes tiia 
minimum number of disl^. Files can be op- 



tionaJiy moved. Uncopied dies ^en have their 
names saved to a fil^ and be used for copy- 
ing at a Fater tirrte. Great Tor picture and miu< 
sic collectors. VI.10, freeware, incjudes 
source, By Sam Yee 

NewEXT 

A CLI Command which renames files, retain- 
ing the original name miniM ths ejriensicn 
and flddinp on the specified extension. Sup- 

BOils wildoards, 'V1,^0j includes source in 
IghSpeerf Pascal, By Lee Kfndnass 

Startup-Menu 

Thiis utilrty produces a decisive menu [je one 
chr^ice then 11 quits) on start-up which is fully 
cuistomts^le and offers an unlimited amount 
of gadgots/ohdces , Vt.OQ. includes Hlgti- 
Speed Pascal Scurc9. Also includes a small 
script tile utilily call CietOption, with Pascal 
source, By Lee Klndnesa 

Taulcona 

Ttiird release of these icons for MagicWB 
users, includes Several new and many updat- 
ed icons to that oF the First release. Also in- 
cludes step by step documenlation on how to 
InstalF the icons retaining ths tooltypes of Ihe 
orig^lnais. VI. 5. By Osma Ahvsntampi 

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[^Masler VI. 4 (cosmetically only], H otfers i 
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like directories causing MToqI to display tho 
archive contents in the directory Fist. Mow vcu 
can copy Hies into ttis archive (add), cut of 
the arcniv^ (extract) &r dalets tnam. MTool 
suppers diffareni screonmodas. lot;alijatlon, 
fonts, II opens an appwindow arid worlds as a 
commodttv. Everything is set up wUti. a very 
uter friendly prefs editor. MTool needs OS2.0 
for higher). v£.Oa, sharawarer binary only. By 
Boi^s Jakubaschk 

CONTENTS OF DISK 9S8 

bBas^lll 

An easy lo use, verBatlte, ye; fuil Featured 
dalabase prQ9'am iTial will run on any Amiga 
with WB1.3 Of tul3sequeni. Search or sort on 
any freld, print mailing laSeFs, delete or un- 
deleie records, fnaii merge, get reports in 
many formajs, scraflihle flies, flag recoids. 
and more. Fields are user-configurable, so 
bBase car be used to k^ep track of address- 
es, tape or vjdeo coileoiions, recipe nies, or 
anything else you can think of orva program 
does it slit bBaselll \s a 9rgally enhanced 
succeswr to bBasell, Vl.^a, an update to 
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Robert Bromley 

S c rea ri S e I ifi^it 

A commodity lo eharige seteeti order by se- 
lecting a Scree rt name from a listvisw. A£so 
allows binding of holkevs to any screen wllh 
a proper name. Supports autcmatic activation 
oi windows (remembers last activaSons) 
when changing to new screen, is confi^rable 
with Preifersnces program, lias a full imi^n 
Interiace and is font sensitive (incli^iru pro- 
Qorttonal fontsJ_ DocirmentaJmn in Amiga' 
Guide, ASCII end DVl tormats. Requires Ami- 
gaOS 2.04 or later. V2.2 an update to V2.1 
on disk ^47. Freeware, binary only. By 
Markus AaJto 

TeXPn 

A front-end for DVl prtnter drivers based on 
Stefen Sturttz's T^UI. It is highly configurable 
and can be u3ed with vfinOus DVl printer 
drivers, ConfiguraHon files for Georg Hess- 
mam'a DViPiint iPasTeX), DVIUP lAmiga- 
TeX) and DVFLJSP {GustaF Nfeumann} are rn- 
Gluded, TeXPrt has an ARoxjl port and inter- 
prets 17 Aftejw commands, TeXPtt opens an 
App-W(ndow and supports an (optional) Appl- 
con far setecling, DVT files. Meer^ at least KS 
2.04 and MUL V3,0. an updale to V2.0 on 
disk S9Z. Freeware, Includes Source in C. &y 
Richard A. Bdl 

Touch 

A sEmpile TOUCH command, known From 
UNIX syslemf. It >hill totch aU files (including 
patlems) given on the command line. If a par- 
ficuiar file (not intludin-g wildcards) does not 
eixlst, it Vkitll ba created; Jusi like under Uni.x. 
VI. 3, public domain, incfudes Eouroe. By Kal 
Ishe 

CONTENTS OF DISK 999 

ADAM 

A cak:ulatiDn program Ihat is able to handle 
numbers with up to some thousand digits be^ 



fore and after ilie decim«^ pciev. 1^bh» 
number 3. The (German) sotne codeva*- 
aembty language is Included, B« iWvtf 

LoreK 

ASplit 

Splits tnnaryftexl files into smaler i^b. "E im 
transfered to remavabJe storatE fflk. t 
looks tike 'split' under Unix., but'lvi^^v' 
alloivs you to specify the size iir b^^ ^ 
stead of lines). V^2.u, shareware. bdbA^ 
Source in AM5I C, so it can tie cofttAc ir 
any mactiine. By Marc Mendez 

DBB 

EHgital Breadboard is a full GUI c^d sm^ 
simuEator. Digrtal Breadbciard cu^i^ fltt- 
ports 2 and S input AHO. OR, HMB bC 
NOR gates, NOT and XOFI gates, S.JHm^ 

SR eage'triogered Rip-flops, mji%4v tiflft- 
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outputs, Vcc, QF^D, independsjil 4-aAiA4B 
trace scope, event counters, varisbb aOK 
timer, preferences printing, and rra*. »- 
cl udeS rxjmbinatienaJ logic desvi itftAfe- 
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Dan Griffin 

HQMM 

Hero Quest Mapl^aker. With HOMIM. ifx> ar 
create your own missions lor Hero ■QueS. 1» 
board game. You can place alt ol]fecS >■ 
are in the Hero OuesT set {doOrS, 1t^f& ^am- 
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wr>te your own story to go witti rt. Al ilft ^ 
be pnnled out in the same style as rv ^1^9- 
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Vi-.i 1 on disk numbei &59. Requir'^ OSL>- 
t}inarv only, freeware. By Camiel Houivav 

QuBdraComp 

A mueic ^.ackar whicTi uses the cttri^ 
Amiga sou nd capabinties. Features: ijSK 
Standard EnEuition wiruiows; Handles the ^V- 
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both Prolracker modules and Brtend^ Us- 
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Calle Englund 

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Enforcer 

A tooF to nonrtor illegal memory access W 
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> The Alien Breed games have 
become something of a saga. 
Shamelessly based on the Ridley 
Scott movies but not having much 
of a plot of their own, they're top 
down Iwo player blast-ups in 
which you do your best to endan- 
ger a species which, one can safely 
say, even David At tenbo rough 
wouldn't love. 

There was the original Alien 
Breed, then the Special Edition 
with levels that made the original 
one look like a one-on-one with 
Barney the Dinosaur, and now 
there's Alien Breed: Tower As- 
sault, which adds a lot more. 

It's still Ihe same game, 
essentially, but it',s much more 
nicely done. On top of the old 
white knuckle maze blasting (toast 
Big Important Thing, get to the 
exit lift before the place blows up), 
there's also considerably more 
strategy, as the game now encom- 
passes many interconnected areas, 
whose difficulty varies, as the 
pronao says, from hard to very 
hard. 

You start in the hinterland 
outside the alien-infested complex 
of towers, contending with berserk 
security laser cannon, irritating 
lizards and loads of land mines. 
You can then make your way into 
various civilian and military areas; 
the aim is to blast your way into 
the hardest part of the hardest 
tower, setUe the hash of the alien 



queen and return to the adulation 
of your peers. After that, they'd 
better adulate you. Or else. 

There are lots of guns to buy, 
as before, but each gun has three 
power levels. You start with the 
level two machine gun, and you 
have to collect cash and use a 
computer terminal, as before, to 
buy the new guns. Me, I'd just 
shoot the terminal open and grab 
what I wanted, but that'd spoil the 
gameplay. There are the usual 
tools for sate, and body armour, 
too. 

The controls are slightly 
different; there's a new Retreat 
Mode where you can face the 
opposite direction to the way 
you're walking and take down any 
creepy-crawl ies that are coming up 
behind you. This mode's toggled 
by the second joystick button, or 
the keyboard, and it also activates 
if you move the stick appropriately 
while firing. 

Tower Assault auto-detects 
AGA machines and soups up the 
graphics to match; they're good on 
ECS but excellent on AGA. 
There's also a CD 32 version, 
which has the usual nifty rendered 
animations all through it, but I 
haven't sen it yet. 

If you like tense top-down 
blas(-ups, this is the game for you. 
Existing Alien Breed fans will be 
rapt. 

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fun once before" says the intro, 
and it's right. Cannon Fodder is 
back - did it ever leave? - and it's 
better than ever. 

Update: for the uninitiated. 
Cannon Fodder is a cross between 
Lemmings and Fire Power; you 
guide your weeny little soldiers 
around with the mouse and pump 
other weeny soldiers full of lead 
by lining up the cursor and 
pressing the right button. 

You have grenades and 
bazooka rounds al your disposal - 
if you pick them up - and there's a 
variety of vehicles, buildings, 
lethal holes and similar frivolities. 

Cannon Fodder 2 has an even 
sillier plot than the original - the 
dudes from Cannon Fodder ] 
conlracted themselves out as 
mercenaries, but before they could 
see action were abducted by 
time-travelling aliens, who are 
putting them through various 
historical scenarios to find out if 
they're good enough for the alien 
war machine. Yeah, whatever. 

Like the last game, there are 
jeeps and helicopters, but there's a 
flavour with a gun and a flavour 
without. There are also tanks and 
gun turrets, and there are 
analogues for all the vehicles in 
the other times (Medieval, 30's 
Chicago, Middle East, Space Ship 
and Planet X). 

Aside from the new levels and 
graphics - which, stiil being ECS, 
are only OK - there's nothing 



much more to the actual game 
mechanics. 

The manual, as always, is 
excellent. Clear, concise and funny 
(the dull copyright bit that no-one 
ever reads is headlined as such...). 
No complaints there. 

The Cannon Fodder interface is 
so simple that some reviewers 
have complained that it's like 
squashing ants with your finger - 
what kind of challenge is there in 
clicking the left mouse button to 
move, the right to shoot, and both 
to use a heavy weapon? 

Personally, I don't have a 
problem with this - sure, it's no 
nine button find-the-secret-moves 
Mortal Kombat wannabee, but by 
the same token the simple 
interface means you can get 
straight down to figuring out what 
you have to do to beat that darn 
level. 

Both Fodder games are an 
excellent blend of action and 
strategy; all the levels save the 
first few baby trainers require 
some thought to beat - you can't 
jusl tic on a headband, screw the 
explosive heads onto the arrows 
and go for broke. 

The only annoying thing about 
CF2 is it's still not hard drive 
installable and doesn't even take 
advantage of extra RAM, so you 
still have to wah a lot whOe it 
loads. Aside from that, this is an 
excellent game. Recommended for 
fans of the last one. 



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I For $79, this pack gives you 
Cannon Fodder (1, not 2), The 
Chaos Engine, The Settlers and 
T2: The Arcade Game. In other 
words, you get a great strategy 
blast up from Sensible Software, a 
tail-kicking almost strategyless 
superpretty annihilation-fest from 
the Bitmap Brothers, a magnificent 
god game from Blue Byte and a 
dubious movie tie-in from Ac- 
claim. 

This last is a conversion of the 
arcade blaster with the two guns 
anchored to the front of the 
console; aiming with the mouse 
instead of the gun takes some of 
the fun out of it. It's not a bad 
conversion, and it lets you play 
with two people, but it looks a bit 
pale compared with the other 
games in this pack. 

Cannon Fodder is a classic. To 
get an idea of what it's like, read 
the review of Cannon Fodder 2 in 
this issue; the gameplay is practi- 
cally identical (and I think the 
original theme song's better). 
Brilliant fun. 

The Settlers is at the other end 
of the spectrum - almost com- 
pletely non- violent, with high level 
strategy. It puts you in charge of a 
completely interlinked society, 
where everyone has to work to- 
gether to allow you to conquer the 
world. Said conquest is achieved 
by building guard huts on the edge 
of your territory and kicking the 
tar out of enemy knights; the 
knights are the only ones that 
fight, and they don't even kill each 
other. 

The Settlers lets you lay out all 
the plans for a society of fishers, 
farmers, woodcutters and forest 
planters, miners, bakers, wood- 
workers... it's definitely the most 
socioeconomically detailed god 
game out. Mesmerising, if you like 
god games, tedious, if yon like 
mindless violence. 



But have no fear. If kicking 
freckle is what you're after. The 
Chaos Engine is where to find it. 
From the workshops of the al- 
ways spectacular Bitmap Brothers 
(Xenon, Xenon II, Speedball, 
Speedball II...) it features their dis- 
tinctive rounded, gunraetal graphic 
style and underlying rock solid 
coding. You and a friend, or you 
and a computer controlled col- 
league, wander around various 
levels shooting the living daylights 
out of any number of beautifully 
drawn bad guys. You collect mon- 
ey and bonuses, you beef yourself 
up in between levels, you have six 
characters to choose from with 
different stats, and there are lots of 
secret areas and ingenious mazes. 

The Chaos Engine is about as 
good as an ECS blast-up can get 
(Stardust probably beats it); 
Cannon Fodder's one for when 
you've given up on beating three 
intelligent computer opponents in 
The Settlers, and if you feel like 
hanging your higher brain func- 
tions up at the door, T2 awaits. For 
$79, you can't go wrong. 




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I Some games are very playable, 
some are very pretty, but feu' 
games fitting one category also fit 
the other. Super Stardust clicks 
perfectly into both. 

Super Stardust is the AGA se- 
quel to the popular and impressive 
ECS game Stardust. Both games 
are based around the antediluvian 
Asteroids, and are in fact quite 
similar in content, but that's where 
the similarity to Asteroids ends. 

SSD is a VERY pretty game; 
everything is ray traced 256 
colour, and the graphic speed is 
excellent. While Stardust was a 
tiny bit ragged around the edges, 
SSD's interface is finely honed. 

In SSD you are once again bat- 
tling the evil minions of Dr Shau- 
mund. Wliich are often disguised 
as rocks. Well, they had to write 
the asteroids into the plot some- 
how. SSD boasts much prettier 
rocks (thanks to 256 colours) and 
also some ultra-humungo rocks 
which the original Stardust didn't 
have. When you see one of these, 
you get out of the way! 

Add to this weapons transports, 
near invisible predators, fire 
spillers, speeders, bombers, big 
spiky things, the Whopper (it's not 
a burger) and countless other 
greeblies and you already have a 
great game. 

But I know you want MORE! 

So how about stunningly pretty 
and deadly bosses, lots of guns, 
power-ups, secret missions and 
warp sequences that make your 



hair stand on end, with dual level 
concentric parallax scrolling, 
which looks even more impressive 
than it sounds! 

It all adds up to a nail-biting 
action game, which (I am pleased 
so say) is also quite playable. The 
original Stardust was great, but a 
little too difficult to make it realty 
appealing. SSD is subtly easier - at 
least for a while... 

SSD also boasts better music 
and sound than the original, al- 
though the sampled speech is now 
an unruffled female voice as op- 
posed to the original's robotic 
speech. Somehow the robot 
seemed more appropriate, but I'm 
being picky. Both sound great. 

There are only a few bad 
points. SSD didn't run with my 
120O's 68030 enabled, and you 
can't install it on a hard drive. 
Ergo, disk changes are the order of 
the day; very annoying on a single 
drive machine, and only slightly 
less so on others, because SSD 
comes on five disks. Swapping 
disks three times just to load a 
boss is not my idea of fun. 

Furthermore, the authors still 
haven't realised that most comput- 
er users have a thing called a "key- 
board" - codes and high scores still 
have to be painstakingly entered 
with the joystick. On the whole 
though, SSD is a great game; its 
one of the best AGA arcade games 
I've seen. Stardust was very good. 
Super Stardust is excellent. 



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I When oi were young - well, 
younger, anyway - and 40 cents 
was a lot lo spend on a video 
game, the cutting edge of arcade 
shoot-em-up technology was 1942 
and its more advanced desceadant 
1943. 1 get thoroughly addicted to 
1943. and finished the blighter. I 
still like it. 

Banshee gives you the 
atmosphere of 1943 on your CD32 
- there are many graphical and 
gameplayal (it's my review, I'll 
use whatever words 1 like) 
similarities. You're a little WWII 
style plane. 

So is your optional co-player. 
You pick up various guns, and 
shoot other planes with them. Your 
"smart bomij" button makes you 
do a loop. There are various hig 
planes and big ships to defeat. 

Banshee, however, contains a 
lot of things 1943 didn't. The plot 
is different, and much sillier, and 
works in the later section where 
you go up against enemy 
spaceships. The loop not only 
stops you from being killed, but 
hurts any airborne bad guys you 
hit as you go. 

There are lots more guns - 
diagonal fire, side fire, a bomb - 
all of which can be powered and 
sped up. Most bonuses are of the 
shoot -lo-change variety; some 
don't change when shot. 

Banshee's graphics are magnif- 
icent; everything has an authentic 
Indiana Jones/Rocketeer look to it, 
with lots of amusing touches like 



indestructible nannies and polar 
bears wandering past, and many 
unfortunate foot soldiers to blast 
apart, incinerate or squish, it's all 
very smoothly animated. 

The sound isn't so great. The 
music's nice, but the sound effects 
are sparse and not very impressive. 
Not a big loss. 

Getting hit is different from 
most blast-ups. In Banshee you 
don't just take the hit and flash a 
bit - bullets push you about a little, 
and can easily push you into the 
path of some other nasty. 

Some sections have mission 
objectives - if you don't do what 
you're meant to, you do a huge 
loop and have to have another go. 
All the installations you shot the 
last time are still dead, but all the 
vehicles and planes regenerate. 

Overall, Banshee is a welt 
crafted, very playable two player 
shoot-em-up, which would easily 
have qualified as a coin in the slot 
game a few years ago. Definitely 
worth owning, 

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